Carlos Andrade Costa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ULSETejo, EPE, presented on April 24 the first quarter balance sheet of the Tagus Estuary Local Health Unit.
A meeting that contributed to sharing with the various services management the path it has taken and the goals that have already been achieved, with a special focus on Integration of resources, integration and reorganization of services, creation of new departments and assistance activities in hospital and primary health care.
Also at this meeting, the main challenges for the immediate future of ULS were launched and the distinction between competencies was clarified, that is, after the transfer of competencies to the five municipalities within the coverage area of ULSETejo, EPE.
Carlos Andrade Costa highlights two very important initiatives taken by ULSETejo: the first is to search for answers for users who do not have a family doctor in the municipality of Vila Franca de Zira. The goal is to find answers for users of family doctors, which has been implemented as of December last year through measures that were intensified in the first quarter of this year, initially in the municipality of Vila Franca de Zira and currently implemented to include other municipalities.
Also noteworthy is the launch of the Oral Health Plan, with the recruitment of a group of dentists, which has allowed us to begin to provide a consistent, robust and ongoing oral health response.
There was also a concern that there would be no impact on the response capacity of the ULS as a whole, with primary care and hospitals, at what levels of response to the population.
On the other hand, the entire logistics area supports the ULS activity, creating autonomy in the ULS support structures, at the pharmacy, logistics and human resources level, which allowed us to deliver very satisfactory results.
It also highlights a new reality created with the transfer of a range of competencies from the Ministry of Health to the five municipalities of ULSETejo, for example in the areas of building maintenance, cleaning, vehicles, monitoring of health centers and others.
Among the challenges facing the future, Carlos Andrade Costa highlights the recruitment of more doctors, the decentralization of activities in hospitals closer to users and health centers, the decentralization of complementary diagnostics, and the improvement of the capacity of information systems that support all activities.
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