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Empty Portuguese hospital clinic reception with Piso 1 directional signage to Ascensor, Sanitário and Banco de Sangue

Decreto-Lei 115/2026 Tightens the Médico Tarefeiro Outsourcing Regime From 1 July — 60-Km Internato Catchment, Two-Year SNS Re-Entry Block and 48-Hour No-Show Penalty Frame the €250M Spend

Decreto-Lei n.º 115/2026 — published 16 June, in force 1 July — rebuilds the contracting regime for médicos tarefeiros around a 60-km internato catchment, a two-year SNS re-entry block, a 48-hour no-show penalty cut and a 31 December 2026 transitional deadline for live contracts.
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Banco de Portugal's June Boletim Económico Flips Portugal's Demographic-vs-Supply Housing Gap to Surplus for the First Time in 11 Years — 300,000-Unit Decade Deficit, 26,700 Completions and the Immigration Cut Frame the Reset

Banco de Portugal's June Boletim Económico Flips Portugal's Demographic-vs-Supply Housing Gap to Surplus for the First Time in 11 Years — 300,000-Unit Decade Deficit, 26,700 Completions and the Immigration Cut Frame the Reset

The Banco de Portugal (Bank of Portugal, BdP) Boletim Económico — Junho 2026 (June 2026 Economic Bulletin), published Sunday 15 June, carries a thematic study titled Housing in Portugal: determinants of supply and dynamics of prices and rents that...
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