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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

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

Seguro Greenlights Three SNS Decree-Laws as Tarefeiro Lockout Stretches to Two Years and Hospital Emergency Doctors Pick Up 40-80% Overtime Bumps

Seguro Greenlights Three SNS Decree-Laws as Tarefeiro Lockout Stretches to Two Years and Hospital Emergency Doctors Pick Up 40-80% Overtime Bumps

President António José Seguro on Friday 5 June 2026 promulgated three decree-laws on the Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS, National Health Service), including the long-stalled regime on the hiring of tarefeiros — the term commonly used for doctors who...

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

Ana Paula Martins Disowns the PS Local-Health-Unit Reform at the Assembleia Hearing and Promises Balanced SNS Accounts by 2029 — Fernando Araújo Summoned Back to Parliament

Ana Paula Martins Disowns the PS Local-Health-Unit Reform at the Assembleia Hearing and Promises Balanced SNS Accounts by 2029 — Fernando Araújo Summoned Back to Parliament

Health Minister Ana Paula Martins disowns the PS-era Local Health Units reform at a 4 June Assembleia hearing, pledges balanced SNS accounts by 2029 and summons former SNS executive Fernando Araújo back to Parliament.

The Portugal Brief 04 Jun 2026

Nova SBE Pegs Portugal's Farmácia Network at 1.12% of GDP and 53,000 Sustained Jobs — €3.23 Billion Annual Footprint Underwrites the ANF Negotiation With the SNS

Nova SBE Pegs Portugal's Farmácia Network at 1.12% of GDP and 53,000 Sustained Jobs — €3.23 Billion Annual Footprint Underwrites the ANF Negotiation With the SNS

A Nova SBE study commissioned by the ANF pegs Portugal's community-pharmacy network at 1.12% of GDP, 53,000 sustained jobs and €3.23 billion in annual economic footprint, ECO reported Friday 29 May. The reading lands on the negotiation table with the SNS over the post-2026 pharmacy-services pact.

The Portugal Brief 29 May 2026

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