The Portuguese Government signed a negotiation protocol with the National Federation of Doctors (FNAM) that covers various matters related to medical careers, including salaries, evaluation, career progression and working conditions.
The Government assured that it “will not give up on finding consensus” with health professionals, after having signed a negotiation agreement with the he indicated in a statement.
On Friday, the Minister of Health, Ana Paula Martinsand the Secretary of State for Public Administration, Marisa Garridosigned a negotiation protocol with FNAM, “within the scope of Collective Labor Agreements and which includes various matters relating to medical careers”he recalled, on the same note.
“We highlight the positive way in which the meeting, scheduled last month, took place, in which the Government sat down with one of the unions representing doctors, which contributes to the process of building a National Health Service [SNS] stronger”, highlighted the guardians.
“The Government does not give up on finding consensus on matters that matter to health professionals”reads the statement, in which the guardianship authorities highlighted that this is how “takes another step towards privileging the negotiation table as a space where solutions that contribute to the Health Professionals Motivation Plan are found”.
The Executive also guaranteed that “will continue to work with cordiality, good faith and responsibility towards medical professionals and in favor of the National Health Service”.
FNAM will be “demanding and firm”
Speaking to Lusa, on Friday, Joana Bordalo and Sápresident of the FNAM executive committee, welcomed the signing of the protocol, but said he hoped the Government would comply with what was signed. He warned that the FNAM will be “demanding and firm”waiting for the Government “seriousness and transparency”.
Provide better conditions for doctors, whether in pre-hospital, hospital, emergency or family doctorsis to allow more professionals to be in the which reached its current state because of the Government, said.
When remembering the constraints felt in the SNS, the dozens of hours that are waited in hospital emergency rooms, the pregnant women without close careor the 1.5 million people without family doctorsJoana Bordalo e Sá said that the Ministry “I was obliged” to sign the protocol.
In addition to salaries, the document covers topics such as evaluation and career advancement, vacation, full-time dedication, review of weekly working hours or training within the medical internshipthese.
“The situation and retention of doctors in the SNS will depend on the seriousness and posture” that the minister and the Government have, warned Joana Bordalo e Sá, adding: “We hope they comply with what they signed”.
The FNAM had already warned that Friday’s meeting would take place in a context “strong pressure” about the NHS and “increasing protest among doctors regarding the deterioration of working conditions”lack of structural responses and difficulty in retaining professionals in the SNS.
