The Portuguese Government failed to meet the target of guaranteeing a family doctor to 98% of Portuguese citizens, and projected data for the next two years indicates that the situation will remain unchanged until 2028. The executive failed this structural objective of the SNS, maintaining a high number of patients without access to a family doctor.
Financial projections for the SNS point to a worsening of public accounts without this translating into a significant improvement in patient care. In other words, the increase in costs is not accompanied by a proportional expansion of services provided to the population.
The总理 of Health is particularly felt by those who continue without an assigned family doctor, which implies difficulties in accessing primary healthcare and continuity of treatments. This situation affects the capacity for follow-up of patients by the public system.
As a positive point, the article highlights improvements in cancer screening, which represent one of the few concrete advances in the functioning of the SNS. However, this positive development does not compensate for the significant gaps in access to family doctors.
