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Tribunal de Contas Brands Carlos Moedas's Plano Lisboa 65+ 'Redundante e Ineficiente' on 9 June — 15,293 of 130,000 Eligible Seniors Enrolled While Half the Spend Routed to Pareceres, Publicity and Graphic Design

Tribunal de Contas Brands Carlos Moedas's Plano Lisboa 65+ 'Redundante e Ineficiente' on 9 June — 15,293 of 130,000 Eligible Seniors Enrolled While Half the Spend Routed to Pareceres, Publicity and Graphic Design

The Tribunal de Contas (Court of Audit) released on Tuesday 9 June 2026 a long-awaited audit of the Plano Lisboa 65+ — the municipal health-and-wellbeing programme Mayor Carlos Moedas launched at the Paços do Concelho on 20 October 2022...

The Portugal Brief 09 Jun 2026

IPMA Puts All Continental Portugal, Madeira and Azores at Very High UV Exposure Through 13 June — Twelve Concelhos in Five Districts Hit Maximum Wildfire Risk

IPMA Puts All Continental Portugal, Madeira and Azores at Very High UV Exposure Through 13 June — Twelve Concelhos in Five Districts Hit Maximum Wildfire Risk

IPMA lifts the ultraviolet-radiation index to very high across every Portuguese district through Friday 13 June, with Faro maxing at 34°C and twelve concelhos in Santarém, Portalegre, Castelo Branco, Évora and Faro on top-tier wildfire alert.

The Portugal Brief 09 Jun 2026

FMUC Population Survey: 85.4% of Portuguese Want Cuidados Paliativos (Palliative Care) Made Top SNS Priority — 65.4% Prefer to Die at Home

FMUC Population Survey: 85.4% of Portuguese Want Cuidados Paliativos (Palliative Care) Made Top SNS Priority — 65.4% Prefer to Die at Home

A 1,041-adult survey run 8–24 May by Bárbara Gomes' team at the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra finds 67.1% want palliative care to be the SNS's maximum priority, with home-death preference up from 51% in 2010 to 65.4%.

The Portugal Brief 09 Jun 2026

Ministério da Saúde Earmarks €50 Million for SNS Emergency-Department Refits Through the 8 July ULS Application Window — Psychiatric Urgências Carry Particular Priority on a Programme Running to 2027

Ministério da Saúde Earmarks €50 Million for SNS Emergency-Department Refits Through the 8 July ULS Application Window — Psychiatric Urgências Carry Particular Priority on a Programme Running to 2027

The Ministério da Saúde opened a €50 million programme on 8 June letting SNS ULS apply through 8 July for urgência refits — buildings and equipment at up to 100% of eligible cost — with psychiatric urgências flagged as particular priority on a window running to 2027.

The Portugal Brief 09 Jun 2026

ERS Pins 98 of 278 Mainland Concelhos Without a Saúde Oral Cabinet at End of 2025 — Norte Holds 3,147 of the 5,885 Convencionado Dentists Against 131 in the Alentejo and 209 in the Algarve

ERS Pins 98 of 278 Mainland Concelhos Without a Saúde Oral Cabinet at End of 2025 — Norte Holds 3,147 of the 5,885 Convencionado Dentists Against 131 in the Alentejo and 209 in the Algarve

The Entidade Reguladora da Saúde (Health Regulator, ERS) released a fresh oral-health access report on Monday showing that 98 of mainland Portugal's 278 concelhos closed 2025 with no functioning saúde oral cabinet inside their primary-care units —...

The Portugal Brief 08 Jun 2026

DGS Opens Public Consultation on the New National School Health Programme — 40% of Schools Get Expanded Sex Education With Consent, Identity and Sexual Violence Modules Through 2030

DGS Opens Public Consultation on the New National School Health Programme — 40% of Schools Get Expanded Sex Education With Consent, Identity and Sexual Violence Modules Through 2030

The Direção-Geral da Saúde put the new Programa Nacional de Saúde Escolar out for public consultation on Friday 6 June — five priority axes including sexual education in 40% of schools, with consent, gender identity and sexual violence modules running through 2030.

The Portugal Brief 07 Jun 2026

Saúde Treats 3,493 Bed-Blocking Patients as a National Priority — Ana Paula Martins Pushes 10-Year IPSS Pacts and Nursing-Home Family Doctors

Saúde Treats 3,493 Bed-Blocking Patients as a National Priority — Ana Paula Martins Pushes 10-Year IPSS Pacts and Nursing-Home Family Doctors

Health Minister Ana Paula Martins called Portugal's bed-blocking caseload a "national priority" in remarks published on 5 June, after Direção Executiva do SNS (Executive Directorate of the National Health Service) data showed that 3,493 patients...

The Portugal Brief 07 Jun 2026

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