SNS Foresees Stagnation in the Coverage of Family Doctors Until 2028 . . Economic Journal
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These are some of the indicators contained in the QGR of the National Health Service (SNS) for the triennium 2026-2028, today published in Diário da República, and which establishes strategic and financial guidelines for local health units (ULS) during this period.
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Correio da ManhãThe SNS strategic framework document published this Friday foresees that the percentage of users with family physician assigned is always 85.37% until 2028, the same as in 2024.
The government also expects that the number of surgeries will increase from about 799 thousand in 2026 to almost 832,000 in 2028 and that emergency care will fall from 4.5 million to 4.2 million in the same period.
Who expects a family doctor does not find great reason for optimism in the government plan for the next three years. The SNS plans to maintain at 85.37% the percentage of users with a doctor assigned in 2026, 2027 and 2028, exactly the same level recorded in 2024. The content Without a family doctor now? Government does not plan to increase coverage until 2028 appears first in National Leaf.
The new SNS Global Reference Framework (GFR) provides for the stagnation of the coverage of family physicians in 85.3% of the population by 2028, the year in which workers in the public health service must exceed 160,000.
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