Algarve, wake up!
In 2013, the decision to merge the administration of the Algarve’s public hospitals was presented as a way of attracting more health professionals to the region and facilitating patients’ access
Mental health support phone lines to start in 2025
24-hour helpline for suicide prevention and psychological support Portugal’s government has announced the creation of a free telephone helpline for suicide prevention and psychological support, due to start in January
Women in childbirth “can always be attended in general A&E departments”
National paramedics association comes up with brightest solution yet to ‘new normal’ of births in ambulances Following a summer in which it has become almost normal for babies to be
“Algarve hospital merger was a failure,” says former hospital boss
Dr. Luís Batalau says the SNS (National Health Service) is being “destroyed” The former boss of Portimão Hospital has written an opinion piece lambasting the current state of the Algarve’s
Government to present ‘progress’ in emergency health plan as doctors call strike
Doctors accuse health minister of increasing ‘chaos in public health service’ Portugal’s Ministry of Health will be presenting the balance of its Health Emergency and Transformation Plan today, against the
81 electric vehicles acquired for home care services
The Algarve’s Regional Health Administration is distributing the cars among the region’s primary healthcare and continuous integrated care teams. At the end of July, the Algarve’s Regional Health Administration (ARS)
Foreign doctors “prefer private sector to Portugal’s SNS”
Only one in four foreign doctors working in Portugal chose to practice in the country’s beleaguered SNS public health service (which is crying out for doctors and specialists in every
Surgical operations in health service hit record level first half of year
But waiting lists have barely moved… Portugal’s SNS national health service (more habitually in the news for its failings) “broke the record for the number of surgical operations”, during the
Winter plan for SNS already being worked on
SNS winter plan being worked on “six, seven months” in advance Portugal’s minister of health said on Wednesday that the national health service’s winter plan is being worked on “six,
Regime pact over floundering health service “depends on policies”, says PS
PS Socialists have responded to President Marcelo’s appeal for a ‘regime pact’ over the floundering SNS public health service, saying “it all depends on the policies and measures” put forwards