A despacho published on 30 October tells ACSS to prepare a proposal for a possible PPP to design, build, finance and maintain the new Barcelos-Esposende hospital. The private partner would only handle the building; the public ULS keeps management and patient care.
Patients were moved to another wing again as the Trás-os-Montes health unit disinfested an inpatient area in Vila Real. No patient was affected, it says, but planned operations face delays. What patients should know, and how to deal with ticks.
A despacho published on 23 October creates a ten-member group to design University Clinical Centres for the SNS hospitals that teach doctors. An interim report is due by 31 December and the final one by 31 March 2027. Nothing changes for patients yet.
A despacho from the Minister of Health published on 22 October makes A&E the priority: doctors on internal emergency rosters who receive the special overtime incentive must support the emergency department when demand surges, staff are short or patients are seriously ill.
The IGAS could not confirm that ten Santo António heart patients referred to Gaia between 2022 and 2025 died for lack of timely surgery, Público reports, and has ordered a full inspection. What the law guarantees heart patients, and how transfers work.
Boehringer Ingelheim will stop selling Nolotil 2,000 mg/5 ml injection in Portugal from 1 February 2027, citing manufacturing reasons. Infarmed says a sodium metamizole injection stays available and asks hospitals to adapt their protocols in good time.
The ANID says only 31 percent of hospital inpatients are screened for malnutrition. Enteral nutrition is now 69 percent reimbursed, rising to 90 percent next year, but oral supplements have no start date.
