Health Minister Ana Paula Martins met with the Association of Service Provider Doctors (Associação de Médicos Prestadores de Serviços or AMPS) to discuss the integration of non-specialist doctors into the SNS. While the government promised to publish an ordinance this month defining new fees, no agreement on specific hourly rates was reached during the three-hour meeting.
Government and temporary doctors continue dialogue on integration
Friday, 2 October 2026AI summary
Context & Explainers
The AMPS (Agência para a Modernização e Gestão do Serviço Nacional de Saúde) is a public entity tasked with managing temporary staffing and operational efficiency within the national health service. It plays a role in standardizing the fees paid to temporary medical staff, a process currently under review by the government to address staffing shortages.
4 sources
- Temporary workers leave the ministry satisfied with the door open to dialogue, but still unaware of the hourly ratepublico.pt ·
- Temporary doctors: Minister of Health 'will take into account' the €43 per hour that temporary doctors receive when setting the value in the new ordinanceexpresso.pt ·
- Temporary doctors and Government open 'path for dialogue' for integration into the NHScmjornal.pt ·
- NHS. Temporary staff and minister (still) without agreement on valuesobservador.pt ·
