Over 10% of Portugal without a family doctor

More than 1.1 million Portuguese did not have a family doctor at the end of 2021, an increase of around 300,000 people compared to the previous year.

By TPN/Lusa, in News, Portugal · 12 Jun 2022, 18:03 · 1 Comments

According to the Conselho das Finanças Públicas (CFP), the number of people without a family doctor assigned represents 10.9% of the total number of people enrolled in the National Health Service (SNS) and “corresponds to an increase of more than 303,000” compared to 2020, “accelerating the trajectory of distancing from the target of full population coverage” by these clinicians, says the CFP report on the evolution of SNS performance in 2021.

According to the document, the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region continued to concentrate the largest volume of people without a family doctor, representing 68.8% of the total of this universe in 2021.

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Comments

Well complete true I live in Sintra vila 12 minutes from the supposed health center and they are giving priority to people that did move to another areas outside of Sintra and didn't request to moved to their resident area of health center . And still continue to come to Sintra to use the center and the people that live 12 minutes like me are oblige to take a train and go to Cacem or Mem Martins this isn't right or correct. And then they supposed center says that have a waiting list that never inform the patient witch place you are in the list if this list exist at all . I did did take a certificate of resident showing to them were I live 12 minutes from the center at least I know were I live they need to check were the other people live and ask them to transfer to their health centers were they live .

By Isabel Oliveira from Lisbon on 13 Jun 2022, 14:41