Around 400 doctors have signed an open letter criticizing the proposed review of the Order of Doctors as they say it compromises the quality of “care, medicine and the NHS”.
In an open letter signed by about 400 doctors, including Carlos Cortes, Joana Bordalo and Sá, Jorge Roque da Cunha, Maria do Seu Machado, Francisco Jorge, Miguel Guimarães and Manuel Sobrinho Simões, published on Tuesday in the newspaper Público, experts address Assembly of the Republic for its “best attention” to the parliamentary resolution on amending the Statute of the Medical Association, which was vetoed by the President of the Republic.
Subscribers call for maintaining current standards of medical training and protecting the independence of the Medical Association,” insisting that the Medical Association has made a decisive contribution to the quality of medical practice and medical teaching over the past 85 years. years.
These medical professionals refer to the justification for the veto of the President of the Republic, who states that the removal of the Order of Physicians from the training process “undermines the quality of training of these specialists in the future and, as a result, the quality of medical care.” and patient safety, as well as the organization and stability of the SNA.”
Subscribers emphasize that the Medical Association “confirms its intention to endorse specialist designations or other postgraduate training obtained in the public service sector, subject to maintaining a high level of quality of training.”
Throughout the letter, doctors emphasize the role of the quality of medicine and medical practice in Portugal, emphasizing that its absence jeopardizes the provision of medical care to the detriment of patients.
They also highlight the degradation of social media, listing news stories about closed emergency departments, lack of access to prompt emergency services, endless queues for appointments, ever-growing waiting lists for surgery or a shortage of family doctors.
“It is very important to invest in the continuous improvement of health care for all and at the same time contribute to improved working conditions, training and research that can develop the health system, promote a culture of humanization of services and at the same time greater transparency,” advocate .
On December 12, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa vetoed the decree amending the statute, accompanying this veto with a letter stating that “according to the position expressed by the Order of Physicians, the statute does not guarantee the autonomy of the order, especially with regard to the competence of specialized colleges” and that, “according to the Medical Association, the principle of self-regulation is called into question by establishing relationships in the realm of hierarchy.”
“On the other hand, by removing the Medical Association from significant intervention regarding the recognition of the suitability and corresponding potential of training services, as well as the determination of the content of training for each specialty, aspects of a purely technical nature, it seeks the quality of training of these specialists in the future and, as a consequence, the quality of medical assistance and patient safety, as well as the organization and stability of the National Health Service (NHS),” says the President of the Republic.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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