Private healthcare providers say they have not been heard in NHS reform – Observer

The National Federation of Healthcare Providers (Fns), which represents the private sector, claimed on Friday that it had not been heard in reforming the National Health Service (SNS), He expressed his astonishment at her announcement.

The Secretary-General of the organization was quoted as saying in a statement: “We witnessed with great astonishment and concern the announcement through the media of a new health care organization called the Great Reform of the National Health System for the year 2024.” Antonio Neves, president of the French Football Federation, added that the federation “was not informed of its terms and was not contacted to make its possible contribution.”

The “big reform” of the SNS, as described by the Executive Director of the SNS, Fernando Araujo, foresees, from January onwards, the creation of 31 new Local Health Units (ULS), which are public business entities that represent a model of organization. Promotes integrated management of primary health care and hospitals by bringing together in one institution,Hospitals, hospital centres, health centres, and clusters of health centers in a geographical area. 31 new ULS aircraft will join the existing eight.

As representatives of the private health sector, we note with great concern the complete absence of dialogue and sharing of the strategy of the Government and the Executive Directorate of the SNS on this matter,” noted Antonio Neves.

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The National Front for Reform, which has already requested guardianship hearings and reiterated its “full readiness” to discuss the process, is the entity that represents, through its affiliated associations, “the majority of the sector agreed upon complementary methods of diagnosis and treatment.” In outpatient clinics.

The National Federation of Healthcare Providers includes associations of cardiologists, dialysis centers, diagnostic imaging units, clinical laboratories, and physical medicine and rehabilitation.