The Commission to Combat Fraud in the National Health Service will include permanent members from the Judicial Police, the Inspectorate-General for Health and Finance, and the National Medicines Authority.
Judge Carlos Alexandre to be heard in Parliament to explain efforts to tackle fraud in the National Health Service (SNS)
Wednesday, 21 January 2026RSS
Context & Explainers
The DE‑SNS is the SNS Executive Directorate (Direção‑Executiva do SNS), the operational management body that collects data and helps coordinate Portugal's National Health Service (SNS). Its reports (for example listing patients awaiting social‑care responses or places in continuing care) and the ministerial orders that change institutional coordination directly affect hospital discharges and care pathways that residents rely on.
