“Telemedicine” has turned into “Russian salad”, says pioneer
… as Portugal’s excess death rate remains ‘extremely elevated’ Today’s ‘health service furore’ is the way the concept of telemedicine appears to have been ‘hijacked’ to boost SNS health service
Bank Holiday sees over 200 health centres with extended timetables
Around 200 health centres are running with extended timetables today to help take the strain off the country’s heaving A&E departments. Bank Holiday Thursday in other words is seeing no
A&E units at 17 hospitals adopt “fast track” transfer of non-urgent patients to health centres
Patients will be able to ‘refuse’ transfer 17 hospitals across the country with A&E departments (urgências) have set in in motion the redirection of non-urgent patients, triaged with blue or
“Serious failings” in central cardiology department
This is a soundbite today, while the country enjoys the first Bank Holiday of December: the cardiology department of the Centro Medio Tejo has “serious failings”, particularly in the sense
Almada A&E bosses submit bloc resignations, citing staff shortfall
… as negotiations between doctors syndicates and government fail to scintillate Medical team at Almada State hospital’s General Emergency Service (SUG) of the have submitted letters of resignation from their
Chronic problem of A&E will be solved by ‘complementary timetables’ at health centres
It is another day of ‘big announcements’ by heads of government. Following on from the assurance by economy minister António Costa Silva that “Portugal will have cheaper energy in the
Two deaths at Faro Hospital spark further controversy; devastated families want answers
These latest deaths follow this month’s morgue mix-up at Faro Hospital, which saw a body being mistakenly cremated Devastated families are questioning whether Faro Hospital – which earlier this month
“No chaos”: health minister insists hospitals are coping well
Portugal’s health minister, Manuel Pizarro, has rejected the idea that there is chaos in hospital emergency departments – assuring that services are managing to respond to all patients. “The information
UPDATE: Algarve morgue mix-up “absolutely regrettable”, says health minister
The Algarve’s public hospital bosses have offered to resign from their posts after two bodies were misidentified at Faro Hospital’s morgue, which led to the wrong body being cremated. In
Health minister opens way to allowing private doctors to work within State service
Idea based on lack of available doctors – and reality that shortfall will continue With the government renewing salary and career negotiations with doctors syndicates today, health minister Manuel Pizarro