Health

Portugal performed a record of around 70 heart transplants in 2025 — up from the previous high of 58 in 2024 — and lung transplantation also hit an all-time peak, IPST figures show. The records come from just four cardiac units, but waiting lists stay flat as organ supply, not surgical capacity, rem

Portugal's food-safety regulator ASAE is asking shoppers to read labels and report errors, part of the 23-country Safe4eat campaign. This year's focus: allergens, additives, nutritional and health claims — and what the law obliges every food label to tell you.

Santarem's obstetric emergency shuts for at least four days from 19 July 2026 as summer holiday rosters leave hospitals short of doctors, with Leiria, Portalegre, Caldas da Rainha and Loures also facing closures or INEM-only diversions.

Portugal's latest recruitment round for family doctors closed with just 273 of 711 posts filled — about 38%. The Lisbon and Tagus Valley region took only 113 of 446, even as more than 1.6 million people nationwide still have no assigned family doctor.