Doctors warn of “critical situation” in Algarve pediatric A&E
Sources stress A&E units “working without specialists” Algarve pediatric A&E departments are in a situation that some doctors “consider to be critical”. According to sources that spoke with Diário de
Maximum response time exceeded in 92% of health service cardiac cases
State health service equally fails to respond (in time specified) to 81.5% of cancer cases The maximum response time was exceeded in around 92% of cardiology appointments in the second
Algarve health authority doing “everything possible” to avoid closures
“We are working to optimise the few doctors we have,” said ULS clinical director The Algarve Local Health Unit (ULS) has guaranteed it is doing “everything possible” to avoid closing
€14 billion spent, millions in deficit: the full catastrophe of Portugal’s public health service
2023 saw SNS health service register €435 million deficit Portugal’s SNS public health service is forever in the headlines for the fact that departments are closed/ users unhappy/ medical professionals
First team starts work solely dedicated to A&E
Around 300 medical professionals in Lisbon’s São José hospital have started work as the first CRISU in the country (CRISU standing for centre for integrated responses in casualty services). The
Government presents emergency health plan
Plan includes several measures to tackle “the most urgent problems” In a bid to address the chronic insufficiencies of Portugal’s national health service (SNS), the Portuguese government has presented an
Roughly 5,000 health service staff due to retire this year
Almost 2,000 are doctors, warns report by outgoing management team Around 5,000 professionals in Portugal’s SNS national health service are expected to retire this year, the outgoing executive board has
Military doctor takes command of ‘executive directorate’ of SNS health service
António Gandra d’Almeida “has a vision for the SNS”, affirms health minister António Gandra d’Almeida is the new CEO of the SNS ‘executive directorate’ – the management tier of the
Government creates incentive scheme to ‘catch up’ on cancer surgery backlog
Will pay an extra 90% more for surgeries waiting beyond stipulated time Portugal’s government has created an exceptional incentive scheme to ensure that cancer patients waiting for surgery beyond the
Porto health unit ‘coordinators’ want changes to reformed system
With so many problems emanating from the ‘health service reform’ instigated by the State health service’s ‘executive direction’, coordinators of health centres involved in the ULS (local health unit structure)