National Federation of Doctors calls for immediate resumption of negotiations with government

The National Federation of Doctors (FNAM) called this Friday for the immediate resumption of negotiations with the Ministry of Health and defended the repeal of the provisions of the law on family health departments and full commitment.

In a statement, the FNAM, which supports the national strike scheduled for the 14th and 15th of this month, stressed that the resignation of the prime minister does not mean that the country is left without a government, remembering that “dissolution has been postponed.” The President of the Republic so that the country does not exhaust the state budget.

“We suggest the same concerns be taken into account to ensure we don’t run out of doctors in the NHS,” he adds.

In the note, FNAM recalls that the Ministry of Health canceled the negotiation process “under the pretext of a political crisis,” but “continues to be fully functional” and responsible for the state of the SNS. Thus, the federation argues that the Ministry of Health must “immediately resume” negotiations “in a serious manner, in form and content”, including the proposals of doctors, “to save their careers and the National Health System”.

“He should also send a message of democratic decency and rescind the Family Health Facility (USF) and Dedication of Dedication (DP) decrees that he issued on the day of his resignation,” he adds.

He emphasizes that of the decisions defended by the FNAM, “only one” is related to salary tables, while all the others are aimed at improving the working conditions of all doctors, career development and medical training, “to guarantee universality, accessibility and quality.” National Health Service”. As immediate action, FNAM is requesting an abstract review of the Diploma of Full Dedication and USF by the PR, the Attorney General’s Office and the Office of the Ombudsman, and will also request an urgent hearing before the Parliamentary Health Committee.

Emphasizes the support of doctors who express their intention to refuse to comply with the regime of full dedication, which, although voluntary, is mandatory for everyone who joins family medical institutions and comprehensive responsibility centers, and calls for joining the strike planned for the 14th. and the 15th of this month and participating in demonstrations in Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra.

In addition to this call, he recalls the trip of the FNAM delegation to Brussels on the 17th, where it met with MEPs and Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides and presented “a portrait of the dramatic health situation in Portugal” and solutions. defended by the federation to restore medical careers and the NHS.

“FNAM understands that, given the PR’s decision to keep the Government until January, the Ministry of Health is obliged to give us an urgent response, given the chaos in which it left the SNS, with the closure of emergencies from the north to the south of the country,” he adds.