Health reform: mergers and new Public Health agency divide doctors as warnings are issued

The Public Health Doctors Association wants to see the government's reform project and urges officials to consult experts to avoid past mistakes, while former health ministers agree on the proposed merger of the Executive Directorate and the Central Administration of the Health System (ACSS).

Why it mattersIf you use the public health service (SNS), a major structural reform and agency merger are under debate among doctors and former officials, which could eventually reshape how public health is managed.

Health Ministry aims to assign family doctors to 462,000 more users

The State Budget proposal for 2027 sets a target to increase the number of users with an assigned family doctor by 5%, adding 462,000 people to the current 9.24 million. The plans also include introducing 60 new medicines to the SNS, cutting INEM emergency response times by 5%, adding 3,000 new places to the continuous care network, and advancing work on the Eastern Lisbon and Algarve hospitals, despite a 1.5% overall cut in health sector funding to 17.86 billion euros.

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Elderly immobilized and locked in illegal residence in Belas

Police have identified severe abuse and health risks at an unlicensed elderly care facility in Belas, Sintra. Inspections revealed residents were being tied to chairs with sheets, locked in rooms at night, and subjected to unsafe storage of medication and dangerous building conditions, leading to an investigation by the Public Ministry.

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Health reform: mergers and new Public Health agency divide doctors as warnings are issued

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