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Despite a significant increase in intensive care capacity over the last decade, half of the country's services currently report closed beds primarily due to a critical shortage of nursing staff.
Health workers have launched a two-day strike to advocate for improved wages and working conditions, featuring a planned demonstration in Lisbon.
The protest action brought together dozens of union leaders and delegates, as well as off-duty workers, who demanded dignified and valued careers in the private health sector.
Nurses are on strike. Professionals demonstrated in Lisbon demanding more investment in the National Health Service.
José Carlos Martins, president of the nurses' union, told CMTV that nurses work “thousands of overtime hours” and therefore, health professionals from across the country demanded a salary increase in Lisbon this Tuesday.
Over a hundred nursing professionals gathered in Lisbon to demonstrate during a scheduled strike action.
The union decided to proceed with the strike as a way to demand a performance evaluation that is “fair, without quotas, and objective.”
A demonstration is planned in Lisbon, from Campo Pequeno to the Ministry of Health.
The stoppage, called by the STTS, is taking place this Monday and Tuesday between 00:00 and 24:00.
Health workers are starting a two-day strike this Monday, May 4, to demand better wages and decent working conditions, a protest that also includes a demonstration in Lisbon. The strike covers all health sector employees, regardless of their contract, career path, or union affiliation, and will run from midnight on May 4 to midnight on May 5, according to the notice from the National Union of Workers in Services and Public-Purpose Entities (STTS). With this stoppage, the union is demanding that the Government and employers restore points removed from workers under the evaluation system, urgently hire staff to end the 'use and abuse of overtime shifts and 14 to 16-hour continuous work schedules', and pay for unpaid and untaken hours. The union justifies the two-day strike, which is subject to minimum service requirements, by the need to protest against the Government's labour package, with a demonstration scheduled for Monday morning near Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon. Another national strike has already been called for May 12 by the Portuguese Nurses Union (SEP), covering the public, private, and social sectors to demand that the Government 'resolve various problems' to dignify the profession. It is a stoppage for the 'dignity of nurses and the dignification of nursing', highlighted SEP president José Carlos Martins, who stated that despite ongoing negotiations with the Government regarding the Collective Labour Agreement, it is 'important to resolve problems' that have been affecting these health professionals for several years.
Health workers are starting a two-day strike today to demand better wages and decent working conditions, a protest that also includes a demonstration in Lisbon.
Health workers are starting a two-day strike this Monday to demand better wages and decent working conditions, a protest that also includes a demonstration in Lisbon. The strike will cover all health sector workers, regardless of their employment contract, career path, or union affiliation, and will take place between 00:00 and 24:00.
The protest also includes a demonstration in Lisbon.
Health strike: professionals begin two days of protest for wages and against shift abuse. With a demonstration in Lisbon and minimum services guaranteed, the STTS demands urgent hiring.
The Portuguese Nurses' Union wants answers from the Government regarding retroactive pay, career progression, and the hours bank system. Participation in the last strike was 71%.
The Portuguese Nurses' Union (SEP) has announced a national strike for 12 May across the public, private, and social sectors to demand that the Government resolve long-standing professional issues. The strike, coinciding with International Nurses Day, will include a demonstration in Lisbon. Key demands include career progression, the payment of retroactive salary adjustments, the hiring of more staff, and the rejection of mandatory 'hours banks' that would increase working hours without overtime pay. Despite ongoing negotiations, the union remains dissatisfied with the Government's current proposals.
Nurses want to demand that the Government “resolve several problems” to allow for the dignification of the profession.
The data was provided to the Lusa Agency by the Loures/Odivelas ULS. Also in this edition, a highlight on the negotiations surrounding labour law. Plus an update on the conflict in the Middle East.
Lusíadas Saúde is set to open a new hospital in Quinta da Beloura, Sintra. The private healthcare group expects to inaugurate the Lusíadas Beloura Hospital within the first half of this year, representing a total investment of 30 million euros and the creation of approximately 500 jobs. The new hospital unit is part of...
Lusíadas Saúde announced this Wednesday, March 25, the opening of the Lusíadas Beloura Hospital in Sintra. This 30-million-euro investment is part of the group's expansion plan in the Greater Lisbon area. The facility, scheduled to open in the first half of the year, aims to serve approximately one million residents in the municipalities of Sintra, Cascais, and Oeiras. Spanning 9,500 m² across four floors, the hospital will feature 27 inpatient beds, 41 consultation rooms, 18 examination rooms, two operating theatres, and one minor surgery room. The estimated capacity will allow for over 100,000 consultations and approximately 4,000 surgeries per year. The new space will also provide walk-in services, diagnostic services, and a dental clinic with three offices, the company stated. The creation of approximately 500 jobs is the primary expected direct impact on the local economy, strengthening private healthcare provision in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The unit will include an Integrated Health Centre focused on prevention and continuity of care, and will complement home care services through the Hug Lusíadas Home Care brand. Regarding the project, Vasco Antunes Pereira, CEO of Lusíadas Saúde, stated that the group is reinforcing its commitment to the Greater Lisbon region by bringing more proximity, quality, and innovation to healthcare. The new hospital will operate in coordination with the group's other units in the region, specifically the Lusíadas network hospitals and clinics in Greater Lisbon. The new Sintra Hospital will be inaugurated on Monday and will open its basic emergency department on Saturday.
FESINAP workers have been on a 24-hour strike since midnight. Additionally, the PSD/Lisbon branch refuses to compare controversies involving the City Council's secretary-general and Mafalda Livermore.
Torres Vedras is set to host a new university campus, marking the first time the Lisbon Faculty of Medicine will operate outside the capital. The project, which involves a partnership between the local municipality, the Faculty of Medicine, and the Caixa de Crédito Agrícola, will be located at the site of the former 16th-century Arrábidos Convent. The initiative aims to foster innovation, research, and primary healthcare, while creating 400 direct jobs and serving as a hub for international medical talent and local agricultural research.
The strike by technicians at Santa Maria Hospital has been suspended after the administration committed to “immediately resolving the problems,” according to the Southern Public Functions Workers' Union.
Auxiliary health technicians at Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon have suspended the strike scheduled for Thursday after the board of directors committed to “immediately resolving the problems,” the union stated today.
Auxiliary health technicians at Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon have suspended the strike scheduled for Thursday after the board of directors committed to 'immediately resolving the problems', the union indicated this Wednesday. In a statement, the Union of Workers in Public Functions of the South and Autonomous Regions noted that...
The main reason for the strike was related to the fact that the Santa Maria Local Health Unit had not evaluated the workers in this career path.
SMZS–FNAM highlights that there are overtime hours that have remained unpaid since last year or even two years ago, adding that they want a deadline established for workers to begin being paid.
Medical staff, nurses, and administrative workers at the Lisboa Ocidental Local Health Unit (ULSLO) are threatening industrial action following the disappearance of thousands of overtime hours from the computer system. Unions representing the staff have scheduled a meeting with the administration for the 19th to address long-standing issues, including unpaid overtime, career progression delays, and failures in performance evaluation systems. If negotiations fail, workers have approved a motion to proceed with a strike. Meanwhile, the Health Inspectorate is investigating the unit's Human Resources department regarding the legality of recent hiring practices.
The Local Health Unit (ULS) stated that a new version of the attendance registration system is being implemented, with its completion expected soon.
