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At the parliamentary inquiry into INEM to establish responsibility for the strike, the institute's director of nursing said 24 nurses are currently undergoing training to bolster the teams.
Rui Campos said the institute currently has 296 professionals, 220 of whom are in active service.
A large proportion of the posts remained vacant. The union says many doctors will not wait 'indefinitely' for the competitions and therefore move to the private sector or take on contract work.
Home News Doctors required to change places in Portugal Doctors required to change places in Portugal The National Federation of Doctors ( FNAM) warned today that the government bill creating regional emergency services provides for a change in the workplace of health professionals that cannot be
There are limits on the recruitment of health professionals. Local Health Units cannot exceed 2.4 per cent. This is an imposition by the Executive Directorate of the SNS (Portuguese National Health Service). There is only one exception for the recruitment of doctors.
The Municipal Assembly of Castelo Branco approved in late December a motion calling on the Government to increase recruitment of specialist doctors.
The Algarve’s paediatric emergency services will be operating with just one paediatrician on the night of this New Year’s Eve (December 31), prompting strong criticism from the Sindicato dos Médicos The post Only one paediatrician on duty in Algarve emergency care on New Year’s Eve appeared first on Portugal Resident.
On 24 December nine emergency departments were closed; on 25 ten were closed. The President of the Portuguese Medical Association says the problem is not new and that the issue is a shortage of staff.
