Informação: Azores create Quality Seals for Water intended for Human Consumption The Entity for the Regulation of Water and Waste Services (ERSARA), as the competent authority for the promotion of water for human consumption in the Azores, will create and award the Quality Seals for Water intended for Human Consumption, starting this year.
This entity, which is under the jurisdiction of the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and the Environment, intends to recognise the me... Mais >> Informação: Luís Cabral announces contract arrangements for in-person consultations and telemedicine consultations The Regional Secretary for Health announced today in Santa Cruz da Graciosa the signing of contracts with doctors for consultations in order to reinforce the availability of specialists on the islands without hospital.
"The contract arrangements will be implement either through in-person consultations at the health units covered by this system or through the provision of telemedicine consultatio... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government recommends Paula Elsa de Carvalho Moniz as new President of the Administration Board of Terceira Hospital The President of the Government of the Azores informed the Legislative Assembly on the decision to recommend economist Paula Elsa de Carvalho Moniz as President of the Administration Board of Santo Espírito Hospital on the island of Terceira.
This notification falls within the new legislation that provides for the prior hearing at the Legislative Assembly on the names recommended for leader... Mais >> Informação: Construction of Radiotherapy Centre to start in early 2015, says Luís Cabral The Regional Secretary for Health said today that the company that will build the Radiotherapy Centre of the Azores has expressed its availability to start the work in the beginning of next year, "following the consensus that was reached on the base price."
Speaking at the Legislative Assembly during a debate on the Regional Health Service, Luís Cabral stressed that the costs of radiotherapy... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government creates Family Health Units to reinforce proximity to the Regional Health Service, announces Vasco Cordeiro The President of the Government of the Azores announced in Horta the creation of Family Health Units, which will reinforce the proximity and accessibility to the Regional Health Service.
"In 2015, we will move forward with the creation of Family Health Units that will include a doctor, a nurse and administrative worker. These units will cover from 1,500 to 1,900 thousand Azoreans, who will recei... Mais >> Informação: Government assures two consultations per year to all Azoreans without family doctor The Regional Secretary of Health announced today in Horta that the Government of the Azores will "assure two general practice consultations, under the system in force, to all Azoreans without family doctor."
Speaking at the Legislative Assembly, Luís Cabral stressed that the Government has the capacity to provide this response in light of the results achieved with the measures that have been... Mais >> Informação: Health Budget boosted by 15 million Euro increase, stresses Luís Cabral The Regional Secretary for Health stated in Horta that the budget for the Health sector in 2015 will be boosted by 15 million Euros, "a sum that will be invested in the improvement of services in several aspects."
Luís Cabral was heard by Committees on Social Affairs and General Policy of the Legislative Assembly. The government official emphasised that "this increase will ensure the financi... Mais >> Informação: Regional Health Service is at a "turning point," assures Luís Cabral The Regional Secretary for Health assured today at the Legislative Assembly in Horta that the Regional Health Service is "at a turning point." Two years after the restructuring process, it is "possible to observe the improvement in the quality of services as well as in the responses provided to the Azorean population."
Speaking during an Interpellation made to Government on the Health sector, Lu&... Mais >> Informação: Government of the Azores increases vacancies under the incentive scheme for the maintenance of medical staff in the Region The Regional Government has carried out a revision of the vacancies under the incentive scheme for the maintenance of medical staff in the Region for the current year. It will cover a total of 60 doctors for Hospitals and Island Health Units.
According to an order published today in the Official Journal, the support measure will comprise, this year, 24 hospital medical specialty vacancies, 17 ge... Mais >> Informação: Regional Vaccination Plan to include schedule for pneumococcal vaccine The Regional Vaccination Plan (PRV) will now include the administration of the pneumococcal vaccine in order to comply with the global vaccination schedule. The vaccine has been subsidised since October 1, with the entry into force of the new ordinance regulating reimbursements.
This measure is part of a decree published today in the Official Journal, which updates the Regional Vaccination Sched... Mais >>
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