Algarve nurses sound alarm over lack of personal protective equipment
The national nursesâ union (SEP) is demanding action over the lack of conditions that nurses in the Algarve have to deal with on a daily basis, particularly in the midst
Health ministry starts clawing back nursesâ salary increases
Over 200 nurses have been informed by health service bosses that salary increases they received in 2018 were âincorrectâ and need to be repaid. The claw back of amounts overpaid
New blow for nurses union: courts rule in favour of ministry
Judges have today delivered a hammer-blow to the nurses union (Ordem dos Enfermeiros). It now looks highly likely that the unionâs board of direction – which has been exceedingly critical
Doctors and nurses on strike from next Tuesday
Nurses union Sindepor has announced a strike from next Tuesday, coincidentally the same day doctors have signalled a two-day walk out. Sindeporâs announcement followed a meeting with health minister Marta
Battling nurses announce new strike for April
Following months of strike action and legal battles, nurses are âat it againâ, announcing the third round of industrial action since November. Union SINDEPOR is calling on its members to
Nurses threaten birthing boycott
Hot-on-the heels of a public sector workersâ strike that paralysed the countryâs state health sector last week, nurses are now threatening to boycott birthing and maternity services. The first hospital
Algarve nurses demand same treatment as doctors
Portugalâs nurses union (SEP) has urged the government to âimmediately hire more nurses for the Algarveâ following recent efforts by health officials to boost the number of doctors in the
Nursing association candidate claims 10% of casualty nurses in PortimĂŁo have tuberculosis
He could not have been more wrong, but the words of JosĂ© Carlos Gomes – a candidate to lead Portugalâs nurses association – have been diligently repeated by the countryâs
Nurses stage new strike as court rules in their favour
Just as the nursesâ syndicate confirms two further days of strike – this time for the north and centre of the country – a court in Santa Maria da Feira
Nurses strike promises stranglehold on Algarve
The Algarve is in for the worst of the three-day nurses strike that started today. Union leader JosĂ© Carlos Martins has promised a âtotal lack of nursesâ at the boroughsâ