The DGS has set the rules for SNS pilots in which a home sleep test, a remote hospital team and the health centre handle obstructive sleep apnoea, with 30-day targets. Where and when the pilots start is not yet known.
Since 13 October, SNS doctors can prescribe Sword Health's at-home pelvic floor programme for incontinence, pelvic pain and recovery after childbirth. How it works, and how to ask your doctor about it.
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.
The DGS's first report counts 507,465 flu vaccinations since 30 September and coverage of 13.8 percent among people aged 60 and over. Covid-19 boosters lag behind in every age group.
Equalmed says thin margins are pushing generics off the market. The users' association UMG wants more competition instead, noting generics are 52 percent of the Portuguese market against 70 percent in Europe.
The Aliança Millions Missing wants clinical guidelines, a minimum quota of SNS appointments and adjustments at school. Doctors say Portugal has no referral network and no count of cases.
Routine PrEP reviews move from every three months to every three to six, can be done by a nurse and remotely, and the DGS sets out prescription in health centres and community organisations. Cost and eligibility stay the same.
