From 17 October, CSI recipients still get prescription medicines free, but where a generic group exists the state pays only up to its reference price. Choose a dearer brand and you pay the difference. Glasses and denture refunds are unchanged.
Respiratory infections made up 6.4 percent of A&E episodes and 3.4 percent of SNS primary care consultations in the week to 11 October, the DGS says, though total visits fell and flu remains sporadic. Who can get a free jab, and where.
Your weekly roundup from the capital: the mayor asks the council to suspend shared e-scooters, the Metro loses a day and faces two more morning strikes, housing draws restart, and the CGTP marches through the Baixa today.
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ASPE says repeated failures in VACINAS 2.0 force nurses to log jabs for later entry and risk duplicate doses and lost records mid-campaign. SPMS has not replied. Here is how to check and download your record on SNS 24.
A PSD bill giving the fertility council CNPMA its own statute, staff and budget passed its first reading with no votes against. It goes to the Health Committee next and is not yet law.
Unions have filed notice of partial strikes on the Lisbon Metro from 05:00 to 10:00 on Wednesday 28 and Friday 30 October, two weeks after a 24-hour stoppage closed the network. The company will ask arbitrators for a minimum service.
