ANALYSIS
In the usual analysis space at SIC Notícias, Francisco Goiana da Silva analyzes the most recent meeting between the Independent Doctors Union (YES) and the Government that ended without an agreement for a salary increase. About new rules that prevent illegal immigrants from having free access to the SNS, the doctor and commentator argues that “the ohof denying health care to the population cannot be placed on top of professionals” and goes against the “philosophy” of the Portuguese health service.
O and the Government returned to the table, this Monday, for another round of negotiations. The meeting ended without an agreement to increase the salaries of health professionals, but “the positions are very close”.
According to Francisco Goiana da Silva, this meeting was marked by a “good weather” between both parties and advances in various dimensions of negotiation.
One of the demands that most divides the Independent Doctors Union and the Government is the issue of salary increases. SIM has rejected the proposal for an increase of just 5% presented by the Ministry of Health claiming that it is a “very considerable distance” from the 15% claiming. At the end of 2023, the union reached an interim agreement with the previous Government for a 15% increase in salaries for NHS doctors in 2024.
The doctor and SIC commentator athe possibility of SIM achieving a salary increase of around 30% in just two years. However, he believes that a agreement valued at more than 10% and in a phased manner.
In the usual analysis space at SIC Notícias, Francisco Goiana da Silva analyzes in detail the hiring and and .
