The discussion is about the latest recruitment competition for family doctors in the new local health units created on January 1. FNAM says the guardianship is acting in bad faith by replacing public employment contracts with individual employment contracts.
The National Union of Doctors (FNAM) has accused the Ministry of Health of promoting irregularities in recent employment contracts for family doctors.
In a statement, FNAM protests the recent recruitment competition for the private medical profession of General Family Medicine (FGM) for employment contracts in public positions (CTFP) in Regional Health Administrations (ARS) / Health Center Clusters (ACES) and for the medical profession for FGM in individual employment contracts ( CIT) in local health units (ULS).
The FNAM Executive Committee explains that “according to Opening Notice No. 23949-A/2023 dated December 11, 2023doctors who have chosen a place in the ACES/ARS must join the private medical profession through the CTFP, but, however, are required to sign a CIT with the ULS who, in the meantime, were born on the 1st of January, and who covered the respective ACES, which is “It's illegal.”
In this way, explains FNAM, family doctors are sent to an individual contract when they have to conclude employment contracts in public positions, as stated in the opening notice itself and, above all, as a result of DL No. 102/2023, which created the new ULS and which provides for Specifically on “competitive procedures, trial periods, academic curricula, vocational or similar training, and specialization courses undertaken on the date of entry into force of this Decree Law.”
Thus, for FNAM, “in a country where there are 1.7 million employees without a family doctor, the Ministry of Manuel Pizarro is acting in bad faith, because these situations further isolate these professionals from the National Health Service (SNS), as well as doctors who were waiting to enter the profession.” Private medicine, through CTFP.”
It is also stated that out of “924 vacant positions opened in the last competition, which in itself was an insufficient number, only 143 were selected, representing only 15% of the positions.” However, he notes that “of these, there were 20% dropouts, meaning that only 114 doctors were recruited, of which only four were in the Algarve and 24 in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, areas with a severe lack of FGM, namely It is difficult to find him. He will remain in his position,” concludes FNAM.
Edited by: L.L
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