Nurses at Braga Hospital stage two-day strike
Nurses at Braga Hospital are striking today and tomorrow (the strike ends at 8pm on Wednesday) over pay precarity, lack of salary progression and the non-payment of arrears dating back
Unique strike: nurses in private hospitals to strike on March 16
In a unique strike for Portugal – strikes here tend to be limited to the public sector – nurses will be âwalking outâ of private hospitals on March 16. The
Algarve nurses threaten further strikes
Nurses working in the Algarveâs state-run hospitals have vowed to organise further strikes against the âinactionâ regarding career progression. The âindecisiveness and inoperativenessâ of the Algarve University Hospital Board (CHUA)
Algarve nurses maintain today’s strike
The walkout will affect morning and afternoon shifts. Nurses at the Centro Hospitalar UniversitĂĄrio do Algarve (CHUA) maintain their strike scheduled for today after the hospital board of directors postponed
Head of nursesâ order, 13 officials accused of fiddling travel expenses
Head of the Portuguese Order of Nurses Ana Rita Cavaco, plus 13 other officials have been accused of crimes of embezzlement and the forgery of documents in an alleged fraudulent
Nurses syndicate announces strike in central Portugal on February 22
Portugalâs nursing syndicate SEP has announced a strike for the central region (ARSC) on Wednesday February 22 due to authorities’ lack of recognising so-called âpointsâ allowing progression in careers. According
Surgeries delayed due to latest nurses strike
Itâs another âweek to forgetâ for SNS health service patients as today and Wednesday sees a second stoppage by nurses following the industrial action of last week. âServices most affectedâ,
Nurses ready for three-day strike
Meeting scheduled with government for next week With CTT Post Office workers and the nationâs teachers on strike today, the November labour panorama is bubbling with strife. The second day
Abrantes nurses become latest to submit liability waivers
A total of 61 nurses at the Centro Hospitalar do MĂ©dio Tejo (CHMT), all from Abrantes Hospitalâs A&E department, in Portugal’s SantarĂ©m district, have asked to sign liability waivers on
Algarve nurses at breaking point
Around 7,600 overtime hours worked this year The Algarveâs overworked nurses are reaching breaking point, particularly at Faro Hospitalâs A&E unit, having already worked 7,600 overtime hours this year. The