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Just One in Three Portuguese Family Doctors Feels Fully Prepared to Insert an IUD or Implant — A 220-GP Survey Surfaces a Procedural Gap in SNS Long-Acting Contraception

Just One in Three Portuguese Family Doctors Feels Fully Prepared to Insert an IUD or Implant — A 220-GP Survey Surfaces a Procedural Gap in SNS Long-Acting Contraception

A new Portuguese survey of 220 family doctors finds only 31.8% feel completely prepared to place long-acting reversible contraceptives — IUDs, intrauterine systems and subdermal implants. The WHO classes these methods as first-line, and the SNS pushes them. The training gap sits in primary care.
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CUF Crosses the Billion-Euro Threshold With €970M in 2025 Revenue and an 18% Profit Jump — 75% of HPA Saúde Bought, €50M Barreiro Hospital Breaks Ground, €12.4M Bonus Handed to 17,000 Staff

CUF Crosses the Billion-Euro Threshold With €970M in 2025 Revenue and an 18% Profit Jump — 75% of HPA Saúde Bought, €50M Barreiro Hospital Breaks Ground, €12.4M Bonus Handed to 17,000 Staff

CUF's 2025 accounts — filed 24 April — show €970.1M revenue (+8.9%), €51.2M net profit (+18.1%), and €12.4M bonus handed to 17,000 staff. The group bought 75% of HPA Saúde (Algarve-Alentejo-Madeira network: 20 units, 2,015 staff) and broke ground on a €50M Barreiro hospital due 2028.
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President Seguro Promulgates Diploma Extending the 'Direito ao Esquecimento' to HIV, Hepatitis C and Diabetes — Cancer Survivors, Chronic Patients and Disabled Borrowers Move Closer to a Non-Discriminatory Credit and Insurance Market

President Seguro Promulgates Diploma Extending the 'Direito ao Esquecimento' to HIV, Hepatitis C and Diabetes — Cancer Survivors, Chronic Patients and Disabled Borrowers Move Closer to a Non-Discriminatory Credit and Insurance Market

Seguro promulgated on 22 April a diploma extending Portugal's 'direito ao esquecimento' to HIV, Hepatitis C and Diabetes on top of oncological disease — binding banks, insurers and, for the first time, insurance mediators. What changes and how covered borrowers can use the new regime.
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