SNS Hospitals with a reduction of 53 nurses between April and May – Observer

The Union of Portuguese Nurses (SEP) warned Wednesday that between April and May, 77 nurses left and were admitted 24 and that the situation worsened in National hospitals Health Service (SNS) since the month of October. 2017.

In a statement, SEP management says that it is data from the Ministry of Health itself (social report), at a time when the "road to the disintegration of institutions is progressively produced with the closing of eyes "of the government."

The union also indicates that the volume of outings between October 2017 and May 2018 was 384 and that admissions "were only 111". Thus, according to the SEP, the balance is less than 273 nurses during this period, which "increases the pressure on the institutions".

According to the union, the shift to 35 hours of nurses with individual contract of Labor had been scheduled since October 2017 and should have been admitted to the "necessary and reported" by the institutions at the end of June, this that did not happen.

The SEP recalls that the Minister of Health announced two weeks ago that and that it would be the responsibility of each administration to use the quota allocated to admit professionals from each group, even if we know that 2,000 licenses are "clearly insufficient".

"Only nurses need 1,967", said the SEP, considering that the government will have to be blamed for the worsening of the situation after July 1, when it came into effect the nurses 35 hours According to the Ministry of Health, National Health Service (SNS) hospitals had 1,854 professionals in the National Health Service (SNS) by the end of 2017. According to the government, in 2016, nurses and doctors increased and the number of assistants and technicians decreased.

According to the Ministry of Health, there was in the SNS, in 2017, 43,559 nurses, 28,609 physicians, of which about a third were internal doctors, that is to say in training.In a comparison between the two main occupational categories of the NHS, the report shows that there are 1.52 nurses per doctor. [19659002] The NHS also registered in 2017 the retirement In contrast, retired physicians who wanted to return to work and who were employed in public units were 344 in 2017, an increase of 14.3% over the previous year.

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