Latest news and stories about waiting times in Portugal for expats and residents.
The PSD parliamentary group today justified its vote against proposals from Chega and PAN, arguing that the solution they proposed — referring SNS (Portugal's National Health Service) patients to private units when maximum waiting times are exceeded — already exists under current law.
The minister downplays criticism of the Government's actions, pointing to some improvements in the National Health Service. Ana Paula Martins says the SNS is 'prepared for whatever is necessary'.
The prime minister said on Monday there is a 'perception of chaos' in the National Health Service (SNS) but insisted that 'this is not reality', arguing that hospital waiting times 'are the best of the last five years'. Speaking in Porto at the inauguration of the SNS Executive Directorate's headquarters, Luís Montenegro recognised that ...
The Prime Minister criticised the 'disproportion' between the work carried out in the National Health Service (SNS) and the 'news wave' that creates a 'perception of chaos'. He said waiting times in emergency departments are the best they have been in five years.
The circus performer complained about hours-long waits and the hefty bill after attending a private hospital.
Carlos Farinha succeeds Carlos Anjos in the post; Anjos says he spent years warning successive Ministers of Justice about the lack of human resources at the body he led.
The project introduces a new patient care pathway and requires patients to complete a questionnaire.
The Minister of Internal Administration acknowledged that the goal of reducing waiting times has failed, attributing the issue to the complexity of the system and unforeseen events. For instance, today, “the system crashed.”
The 21 patients classified as urgent faced a wait of 14 hours and 50 minutes, while those deemed less urgent waited 15 hours and 19 minutes. For the most serious case, the waiting time was 48 minutes.
The average waiting time for patients in the emergency department of Amadora-Sintra was reported to be over 15 hours as of 10:15 AM.
Patients classified as urgent at the Amadora-Sintra hospital faced wait times of around 12 hours for their first examination this morning, according to data from the SNS portal.
The Shared Services of the Ministry of Health imposed 19 fines on Altice, amounting to approximately 1.5 million euros, due to failures in the average waiting time and effectiveness of service at SNS24 over the last 21 months of the contract. This information was provided by the president of the Shared Services of the Ministry of Health (SPMS), Sandra Cavaca.
The data refers to the last 21 months of the contract.
The intention is to reduce waiting times in emergencies: by the end of the year, ULS will implement a new triage circuit, supported by artificial intelligence, to streamline this process.
