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Government Shifts the Asbestos-Waste Burden onto Town Halls as Specialists Point to Enforcement Gaps

Government Shifts the Asbestos-Waste Burden onto Town Halls as Specialists Point to Enforcement Gaps

The government has redrawn the lines of responsibility for one of Portugal's most persistent public-health hazards, confirming that the removal and management of amianto (asbestos) waste from small private construction and renovation works falls to...

The Portugal Brief 23 Jun 2026

Interior of a modern private medical clinic in Portugal

Ordem dos Médicos Presses for a Health-Advertising Law Rewrite to Curb 'Integrative Medicine' Clinics — 54 Centres Market Unrecognised Specialties After a Lone €4,000 ERS Fine and Over €1 Million in EU Funds

The Portuguese Medical Association wants the health-advertising law rewritten after an investigation found 54 clinics marketing unrecognised 'integrative' and 'functional' medicine, drawing over EUR1 million in EU funds.

The Portugal Brief 22 Jun 2026

Frente Comum Drives Adesão to 60-85% Across Friday's SNS Strike — North Reads 60-70%, South Spikes to 85% and Select Services Crack 100% as FNSTFPS Pushes Negotiation, Hiring and Professional Valorisation Demands

Frente Comum Drives Adesão to 60-85% Across Friday's SNS Strike — North Reads 60-70%, South Spikes to 85% and Select Services Crack 100% as FNSTFPS Pushes Negotiation, Hiring and Professional Valorisation Demands

Friday's FNSTFPS strike pulled SNS adesão between 60% and 85% nationwide, with North hospitals at 60-70%, South spiking to 85% and some services hitting 100%. Frente Comum is demanding negotiation tables, hiring and career valorisation.

The Portugal Brief 19 Jun 2026

ICAD Opens Portugal's First Public Gambling-Addiction Unit in Lisbon on Thursday 19 June 2026 — Treatment Demand Climbed 118% From 358 Patients in 2023 to 782 in 2025

ICAD Opens Portugal's First Public Gambling-Addiction Unit in Lisbon on Thursday 19 June 2026 — Treatment Demand Climbed 118% From 358 Patients in 2023 to 782 in 2025

The Instituto para os Comportamentos Aditivos e as Dependências (Institute for Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies — ICAD) opens Portugal's first publicly funded clinic dedicated to the treatment of perturbação de jogo a dinheiro (gambling...

The Portugal Brief 17 Jun 2026

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.

The Portugal Brief 16 Jun 2026

Dignitude Reopens the 15th 'Dê Troco a Quem Precisa' Drive Across 500 Pharmacies From 15-26 June — 46,000 Beneficiaries and 3.6 Million Packages Set the Decade Baseline

Dignitude Reopens the 15th 'Dê Troco a Quem Precisa' Drive Across 500 Pharmacies From 15-26 June — 46,000 Beneficiaries and 3.6 Million Packages Set the Decade Baseline

Dignitude, the Portuguese non-profit best known for running the abem Rede Solidária do Medicamento (abem Solidarity Medicines Network), reopened its annual fundraising drive on Monday, 15 June 2026, with a 12-day campaign across more than 500...

The Portugal Brief 15 Jun 2026

DGAV Notification-Only Regime Leaves Portugal Out of the Five-Country EU Pre-Approval Bloc on Food Supplements — 2024 Documentary Analysis Slides to 23% as Half of Europe Publishes Public Databases

DGAV Notification-Only Regime Leaves Portugal Out of the Five-Country EU Pre-Approval Bloc on Food Supplements — 2024 Documentary Analysis Slides to 23% as Half of Europe Publishes Public Databases

Portugal sits firmly outside the small bloc of European Union member states that now require pre-market approval of food supplements, with Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Romania the only five jurisdictions imposing prior authorisation,...

The Portugal Brief 14 Jun 2026

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