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Ministério da Saúde Signs 10 June Despacho Authorising Hospitals to Pay Tarefeiros (Locum Doctors) Up to 50% Above Career-Staff Hourly Rates — Retroactive to 1 January, 4,600 Hires Carried €250M of 2025 SNS Spend

Ministério da Saúde Signs 10 June Despacho Authorising Hospitals to Pay Tarefeiros (Locum Doctors) Up to 50% Above Career-Staff Hourly Rates — Retroactive to 1 January, 4,600 Hires Carried €250M of 2025 SNS Spend

The Ministério da Saúde (Ministry of Health) signed on Wednesday 10 June a despacho (executive order) authorising the National Health Service's Unidades Locais de Saúde (Local Health Units, ULS) to pay tarefeiros — independent doctors contracted on...
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Portugal's 3 June General Strike Lands at 100% Lisbon Metro and 98% Carris Workshops — Hospitals São João, Santa Maria and IPO Porto Run Central Surgical Blocks at Zero as Trabalho XXI Hardens Toward the Parliamentary Vote

Portugal's 3 June General Strike Lands at 100% Lisbon Metro and 98% Carris Workshops — Hospitals São João, Santa Maria and IPO Porto Run Central Surgical Blocks at Zero as Trabalho XXI Hardens Toward the Parliamentary Vote

End-of-day read on the 3 June 2026 CGTP general strike: Lisbon Metro at 100% participation, Carris workshops at 98%, Transtejo at 85% — and central surgical blocks shuttered at São João, Santa Maria, IPO Porto, Braga and Viana do Castelo.
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STEPH Calls 21 May Vigil at the Ministry of Health Against the Approved INEM Lei Orgânica — Four Ex-Presidents Join the Critique of VMER Inter-Hospital Return and AEM Transfer to Local Health Units

STEPH Calls 21 May Vigil at the Ministry of Health Against the Approved INEM Lei Orgânica — Four Ex-Presidents Join the Critique of VMER Inter-Hospital Return and AEM Transfer to Local Health Units

Pre-hospital emergency technicians have called a 21 May 10h vigil at the Ministry of Health in Lisbon against the INEM Lei Orgânica approved by the Council of Ministers on 8 May. Four ex-presidents and the Workers' Committee back the critique — VMER, AEM and SIV transfers under fire.
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