Over 5,500 nurses ârequest excuse of responsibilityâ
For each âextra patientâ on a nurseâs watch, mortality rises 7% The reality of what âoverloading nurses with too much workâ looks like has been starkly laid out by Ana
Almost 2,500 Portuguese nurses seek leave to emigrate since start of pandemic
Another stark indication that the government is not doing enough to keep the healthcare staff that it has has come today with publication by the nurses official body (Ordem dos
Algarve hospitals desperately trying to hire nurses from Spain
The chronic lack of nurses within CHUA (the university hospital centre of the Algarve) has led to a new drive to (try and) attract nurses from neighbouring Spain. Nursing director
Doctors and nurses sound alert as various hospitals start struggling with demands
More than 40 patients lined up in corridors in SetĂșbal hospital; Torres Vedras A&E transferring the critically ill because it didnât have the medical teams to treat them; Lisbon maternity
Algarveâs exhausted A&E nurses warn âwe will make mistakesâŠâ
Exhausted A&E nurses in the Algarve have signed their names to a letter asking to be âexcused from responsibility for what might happen to patientsâ. Addressing the missive to superiors
Portugal accused of offering nurses âcrackers while other countries give caviarâ
Portugal has been accused of offering its nurses âcrackersâ while other countries give caviar. It was simply another form of explaining the miserable salaries and conditions offered nationally, at a
Algarve hotel to offer health professionals 40% discount
The Hotel Rural Quinta do Marco, located in the municipality of Tavira, in Portugalâs southern Algarve region, has been closed due to the pandemic, and only aims to reopen at
Algarveâs nursing workforce bolstered to face virus
The nursing workforce is being bolstered in the Algarve this summer so that health centres are better equipped to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Regional health authority ARS Algarve confirmed
Boris Johnson gives special thanks to Portuguese nurse LuĂs who stood by his bedside for 48-hours
Only today released from hospital, British prime minister Boris Johnson has this afternoon given special thanks to a Portuguese nurse called LuĂs who he said stood by his bedside for
Nurses threaten State with injunction over lack of protective equipment
The syndicate of nurses is reported to be advancing with an injunction against the State. At issue is the lack of protective equipment in at least 41 hospitals and health