A law that “ensures the implementation of European legal acts into the national legal framework relating to the digital operational resilience of the financial sector” came into force on Tuesday. It is the transposition into the Portuguese legal order of the European Union's ironclad rules (known as DORA) that oblige banks, insurers, asset managers and crypto-asset entities ...
Banks and insurers required to strengthen digital defences to protect their clients' data
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Context & Explainers
Amadora‑Sintra refers to the public hospital serving the adjoining municipalities of Amadora and Sintra in the Lisbon metropolitan area—commonly called Hospital Amadora‑Sintra, especially its emergency department (serviço de urgência). It is a major suburban emergency and inpatient centre that often runs at high capacity, so safety incidents or staffing problems there can quickly affect waiting times and access to urgent care for expats living in west/northwest Lisbon.
The ERS is the Health Regulatory Authority (Entidade Reguladora da Saúde), an independent regulator that oversees quality, access and compliance for public and private health providers in Portugal. Its warnings matter because they can trigger inspections or corrective measures, inform patients about service shortfalls and influence how the SNS (Serviço Nacional de Saúde) and private hospitals manage waiting lists for diagnostic tests.
