Health in Algarve should be “national priority,” says MP
MP says fundamental decisions cannot be delayed any longer Cristóvão Norte, Algarve MP and vice-president of the PSD parliamentary group, has called for the region’s health sector to be considered
State health service management body resigns
‘Health service directorate’ was put in place by last government After all the build-up about the ‘new management tier’ of Portugal’s State health service – and how it would ‘revolutionise’
Order of Physicians has six priorities for new minister for next 60 days
Seeks “a different path for the health system as a whole” Portugal’s Ordem dos Médicos (Order of Physicians) has “six priorities for the next 60 days” which it will be
State health service ‘executive director’ dismisses PSD criticism over new ‘local health units’
Refuses to discuss possible departure Fernando Araújo, the man at the helm of the Socialist’s ‘extra tier’ of State health Service management, is reported today to have expressed “little concern
SNS health service ARSes finally become extinct
The Portuguese health service ARSes (standing for Regional Health Administrations, famously ridiculed by English-speakers by dint of their initials) are finally no more. The final Council of Ministers of the
Hospitals being monitored to ensure women get access to abortions
Regulator installs process following multiple complaints about ‘difficulties’ in State health service Portugal’s Health Regulatory Authority (ERS) has issued instructions to several health units – determining the opening of a
Doctors call for ‘political union’ to address health service’s pressing problems
Faced with a political scenario in which the government is still extremely unclear, Portugal’s doctors’ unions are calling for a consensus on the SNS State health service, arguing that it
Health service users take to streets in Loures
Saturday is fast becoming a day of multiple protests: Loures (Greater Lisbon) sees a march “in defence of the SNS” (Portugal’s public health service) organised by health service users who
Health service to use AI for ‘faster, more exact’ dermatology diagnosis
Portugal’s SNS State health service has announced the launch of a funding line for the introduction of artificial intelligence tools in dermatological diagnoses. “Applied to an area where access to
SNS promises more breast cancer screenings
The executive directorate of the SNS (the State health service’s management body) has announced that the country’s breast cancer screening programme is to be ‘reinforced’ with more than €59 million