Mafra newspaper | The Mafra Health Center now integrates the Local Health Unit of Santa Maria

The Mafra Health Center now integrates the Local Health Unit of Santa Maria

The Ministry of Health (MS) reports this “The first day of 2024 is marked by the start of a new phase of the organizational reform of the National Health Service (SNS), namely through the expansion of the Local Health Units (ULS) to cover the entire national territory and the Universal Family Health Units (USF) Model B.”

This organizational model“It facilitates people's journey through the health system by integrating hospital centres, hospitals, health center clusters (ACES) and the National Continuing Care Network in a given geographical area into a single management system.”can be read in MS note

According to the new model, as of today, January 1, 2024, the Mafra Health Center will become part of the new Local Health Unit of Santa Maria (ULSSM).

The new Santa María Local Health Unit integrates the Santa María and Pulido Valiente hospitals and more than twenty operational primary health care units from the Lisboa Norte Health Center and Mafra Health Center cluster, and now provides direct response to about 345 thousand users and has more. More than 7,000 professionals.

ULS Santa Maria Now “Establishing itself as one of the main Portuguese health institutions, with the ability to respond in all areas and in all areas of care and with a highly differentiated human resources framework”.
According to the advanced data, ULSSM will implement “More than 1.5 million consultations annually and will maintain the level of care growth achieved in recent years.

The direct impact area of ​​the ULSSM covers:

• In the municipality of Lisbon: the parishes of Alvalade, Avenidas Novas, Benfica, Camboled, Carned, Lumiar and Es. Domingos de Benfica and Santa Clara.
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• In the municipality of Mafra: the parishes of Carvoeira, Encarnação, Ericeira, Mafra, Melharado and Santo Isidoro, the union of the parishes of Azuera and Sobral da Abelheira, the union of the parishes of Anxara do Bispo, Gradel and Villa Franca do Rosario, and the union of parishes. Igreja Nova and Chileros, Union of the Dioceses of Malvera and São Miguel de Alcaínça, Union of the Dioceses of Venda do Pinheiro and Santo Estevo das Gales.

Mavra

The municipality of Mafra has 5 functional units providing primary health care:

• 2 UCSP (UCSP Mafra Norte and UCSP Mafra Leste)
• 2 USF Model A (USF D. João V and USF Ouriceira)
• 1 USF Model B aircraft (USF Andreas)

It also has a public health unit centre. A shared assistance resource unit hub with responses from oral health, dentistry, nutrition, physical therapy, occupational therapy, psychology and social work; And also a community care unit with ECCI response.

Lisbon

In Lisbon, the ULSSM has 17 functional units providing health care: 2 personal health care units (UCSP de Sete Rios and UCSP Santa Clara Lumiar), 3 family health model units (USF Prof. Guilherme Jordão, USF D. Amélia de Portugal and USF Monsanto), which includes 2 poles), 8 USF Model B (USF Tílias, USF Rodrigues Miguéis, USF do Parque, USF das Conchas, USF da Luz, USF Carnide Quer, USF Benfica Jardim, USF Alvalade), 1 US of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (US United in Telheiras) through contracting and monitoring with SNS and 3 community care units.
It also has a public health unit. The Mutual Assistance Resource Unit, with responses from oral health, psychology, social work, physical therapy and nutrition; And the administrative support unit.

What changes for the citizen?

The integration of care provided by hospitals and health centers at ULS facilitates users' journey across the health system and different levels of care, enhancing close response primary care and the healthcare continuum, while focusing on health promotion. And disease prevention.
On the other hand, the popularization of Family Health Modules Model B improves users' responsiveness and ability to care, being an organizational model that combines greater motivation of professionals and user satisfaction. With the immediate expansion of care capacity, the move to Model B for all US funds would result in 250,000 Portuguese becoming family doctors.

What are Model B Family Health Units?

USFs are multidisciplinary teams, including family physicians, nurses, and clinical secretaries, who are organized to provide care for a specific population.

In the USF Model B, there is greater organizational maturity and professionals receive a base salary and variable payments linked to performance, i.e. by expanding the list of users, providing accommodations and quality described in access and clinical assistance.

Teamwork is encouraged and full medical and nursing coverage is guaranteed to users of each USF.