Half number of patients referred for palliative care in Portugal die before space comes available
Regions like Algarve particularly blighted by lack of palliative care units Almost half (48%) of the patients referred last year to palliative care units contracted with the private or social
President calls for pact between two main parties over floundering health service
“It is really fundamental that there is stability, political continuity” Against a backdrop of relentless party-politics over the floundering SNS public health service, Portugal’s president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has
More than 1,500 cancer patients waiting longer than recommended
Opposition parties full of criticism for government’s approach to ‘fixing’ Portugal’s health crisis With the main opposition parties blaming the government for failing to get to grips with what was
Inquiry opens into case of hospital accused of refusing to treat woman suffering miscarriage
Caldas da Rainha hospital refutes version initially given to media An official inquiry has been launched into what exactly happened to the woman suffering a miscarriage outside Caldas da Rainha
Hospital refuses to receive woman suffering miscarriage
Hospital justified refusal on grounds that obstetrics department was closed The now perennial chaos in pediatric/ obstetrics and gynecology emergency cover reached yet another dismal low-point today with a hospital
Azores largest State hospital ‘financially unsustainable’
The Divino Espírito Santo Hospital (HDES) on São Miguel island, in the Azores, recorded a deficit of €14.7 million between 2019 and 2022 and is experiencing a situation of “financial
Nursing syndicates meet with government in last ditch attempt to avert national strike
Nurses are demanding pay increases in line with police/ armed forces Two days from yet another ‘national strike’ by nurses, the government has agreed once more to ‘get around the
More surgeries delayed due to lack of “specific blood units”
Just as the federation of blood donors has warned, a lack of blood donations is leading to delays in programmed surgeries. The president of the Santa Maria Local Health Unit
Exasperation as State health directorate adopts expression “people who menstruate”
State-funded body removes all references to “women” PSD Social democrats (the party currently sharing power in government) have taken exception to a campaign about menstruation promoted by the State-funded Directorate
INEM failing to rescue and stabilise patients in time
New study adds to pressure on Portugal’s Institute of Emergency Medicine Portugal’s medical emergency institute INEM is failing to respond in time to victims in life-threatening conditions. As pressure piles