Health authority hires 10 nurses for health centres
The Algarve’s health authority (ARS Algarve) hired 10 new nurses for local health centres in the western and eastern Algarve. The contracts were signed this week, and will see the
Porto nurses made to “prove” breastfeeding for part-time licence
Two nurses in two Porto hospitals have been “forced to prove they are breastfeeding” in order to benefit from a licence that allows them to work reduced hours. The reason,
Hillingdon Hospital seeks 50 Portuguese nurses
Already featured by The Sunday Times as “more caring” than their UK counterparts, Portuguese nurses are once again being actively recruited by a British hospital. This time it is the
Hillingdon Hospital seeks 50 Portuguese nurses
Already featured by The Sunday Times as “more caring” than their UK counterparts, Portuguese nurses are once again being actively recruited by a British hospital. This time it is the
Nurses announce new strike
Notice of two new strikes called by nursing unions was posted in newspapers on Wednesday. According to the half-page announcement, the strikes will come on November 14 and 21. The
Over 80% of nurses go on strike as Algarve hospitals near standstill
Over 80% of the Algarve’s nurses participated in the 24-hour nationwide health professionals’ strike. Around 80%-90% of nurses went on strike today at Faro and Portimão’s hospitals, while in Lagos
Nurses call national strike over “lack of conditions for health professionals”
Nurses, doctors and other health professionals up and down the country will be going on a 24-hour strike this Friday (August 22). Already in Santarém, some have begun a four-day
Doctor and nurses get into fight over doctor’s refusal to revive patient who ended up dying
PSP police had to be called to Portimão Hospital on Tuesday morning (July 15) after a fight broke out between nurses and a Spanish doctor who is being accused of
Nurses in Santarém say “more patients will die” due to staff shortages
As health professionals come to the ends of their tethers up and down the country, nurses in Santarém have warned that more patients will die due to “unsustainable” staffing levels.
Algarve "short of 350 nurses"
While the state health service lacks nurses across the board, the situation in the Algarve has reached crunch-point. There is a lack of at least 350 nurses throughout the region,