On Saturday, the President of the Republic defended the existence of a “unique opportunity” to modernize the National Health Service (SNS), which “cannot be missed”, considering it necessary to “adapt it to the new reality”.
Speaking at the Hippocratic Oath Ceremony in the Southern District, in Lisbon, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza defended that SNS is “an invaluable advantage”, so it is hoped “that it will be possible to modernize the SNS, because it has a long history and a rich history but the world has changed and Europe has changed Portugal has changed.”
“And it is necessary to adapt it to the new reality and there is a unique and unique opportunity here, which was not possible during the pandemic, which was before pandemic Partly encountered, looking at this SNS and realizing that this is the time to make this adjustment in human, financial, logistical and technical resources, in the organization, in management, in testing the new management paradigm in which those who determine policy, policy determines, who has to Management according to competencies, given the terrain, must operate with room to maneuver, separating one thing from another,” he stressed.
Considering that “an opportunity has been created,” the head of state stated that he hoped “it will not be lost.”
“It was very difficult to get to the point where, once the pandemic had been overcome and reduced to an endemic disease, there were the minimal conditions for making this separation and providing the means and resources for what should be a new phase of SNS management, which could not be lost.” By “Thousands” And thousands and thousands of active, healthy professionals.”
“It’s what we should all want, no matter if we belong to a sector, quadrant, direction, whether we’re in or out of power, and it’s the most fleeting thing in the world. It’s not fleeting, it’s really finding a formula that looks at those priorities, and life and health, and recreates the conditions created at other times that have been recreated for decades, but today face unprecedented challenges at home and abroad, in societies, and critical challenges,” he noted.
When he welcomed representatives of other professional ranks present at the ceremony, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza said he was “eager to ensure command independencei.e. taking into account such legislation as may be approved in the Assembly of the Republic on this matter.”
Before an audience full of young doctors who had just taken the Hippocratic Oath, the President of the Republic admitted that he had “a hint of envy” and “it is a pity that this tradition is practically non-existent in any other training”.
The Minister of Education, representing the Government, noted that “in 2023 Portugal will have a total 2054 vacancies For specialized medical training, the largest vacancies map ever, which represents a growth of 115 vacancies, an increase of 6% compared to 2022.
Joao Costa noted that “this growth reflects the government’s commitment and partner institutions to train specialized doctors to enhance human resources in social networks, with a direct impact on citizens’ access to quality and distinguished care” and left “thanks to the efforts of the Doctors Syndicate.”
Precisely on this topic, the President of the Medical Association, Miguel Guimarães, previously stated that in 2017 there were “about 1,550 vacancies” for the specialty and today there are more than 2,050, and “there will be more”, noting that “it is likely that there will be jobs vacancies for the required specialty.
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