The CDS-PP accuses the government of “ideological obsession”. At issue is the decision of the Ministry of Health to move to a healthcare management model administratively organized in local health units (ULS), a model considered by centrists as ‘without proven evidence, at the expense of any other model , including that of management in public-private organizations. Partnership (PPP), which, unlike ULS, delivers solid healthcare results and profits.”
In a statement to the editors, the centrists accuse the Ministry of Health of having decided “unilaterally and directly against all structures representing doctors, to introduce the legislation of the so-called ‘full dedication’ in the SNS”, implying that the payment of a “salary supplement for anyone hired in this way (with a huge labor effort, as they will have to work much more than recommended), without seeing any significant gain for the system and especially for the user”.
The party led by Nuno Melo says that the incentive-based remuneration paid to professionals at Type B Family Health Units (USF) is “a miserable mess”, “leaving doctors in situations of difficult clinical, ethical and deontological management end up”.
The CDS-PP, citing an initiative of the PCP, emphasizes that “there is a shortage of almost 600 doctors in about half of the health units” and that “about half of the hospitals/health institutions are still without their budget/ annual budget for 2023. plan approved by the Finance Department, and are therefore limited to carrying out only the mere and insufficient ‘management of the replacement of the defective light bulb'”.
Centrists say that “the Portuguese people’s problems with access to healthcare are unfortunately increasing, with daily news proving this” and that “users will not see their ever-increasing needs resolved and that reforms will not allow doctors to fully dedicated to healthcare.” only way to obtain a decent salary (…), nor by distributing type B USFs.
The CDS-PP states that “the announced measures still have a ‘hospital-oriented’ vision of the system, and are very limited to the state’s response, not taking into account the social and private sectors, where thousands of Portuguese already receive healthcare received. care, care that the SNS, a crucial pillar of the health care system, but not the only one, cannot guarantee.”
Source: DN
