Another Oxygen Balloon in the SNS: Government Approves 1538 Million to Pay for Medicines and Tests
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The Minister of Health assured that the approved reinforcement also aims at payment periods below 60 days until the end of the legislature. But APAH warns that the ULS will continue to accumulate debt in 2027.
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The increase of EUR 1.5 billion approved by the Government for the National Health Service is intended to pay debts, reducing amounts and payment deadlines, but also for investments, the Minister of Health clarified today.
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diarioaveiro.ptMinister stressed "It is not only to pay the debt, they are also reinforcements that the local health units need either for investment or for acquisitions of goods and services"
The increase of EUR 1.5 billion approved by the Government for the National Health Service is intended to pay debts, reducing amounts and payment deadlines, but also for investments, the Minister of Health clarified today.
The Government has approved an increase of EUR 1538 million to finance medicines, examinations and other current expenditure from the Local Health Units (ULS) and the Portuguese Institutes of Oncology (IPO). However, the increase may not be sufficient to avoid a negative balance at the end of the year. Of this amount, EUR 1096 million is intended to cover expenditure on products sold in pharmaceuticals, is intended for the payment of additional …
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