A week ahead of schedule, the government yesterday approved the decree creating the new National Health Service (SNS) Executive Directive, bidding farewell to Marta Temido from the portfolio she has headed for nearly four years. Diploma prospect should also expedite the appointment of a new holder in health, which It could happen in the next few days, as is expected after the return of the President of the Republic – On a visit to Brazil on the occasion of the bicentennial of independence – and who will return to Lisbon on Saturday.
Farewell, at the usual post-cabinet press conference, Marta Temido wished her successor “good luck” and assured that she would continue to “serve” social networking services, now “in other ways”. Asked about the reasons for her leaving, and the continuity of the position already on the condition of resignation, the chief of health, who is still explaining to the memorandum issued on the night of resignation, at the end of August, sent only: “I have continued to serve and serve my government and country, as I have done so far, grateful for this opportunity that I had. Of course, I fully realize that There are occasions when we also evaluate what our personal context is and when we evaluate the conditions to continue the path. That’s what I’ve done now.” Regarding the appointment of the future CEO of SNS, Marta Temido said it will be done under a “decision of the Council of Ministers on a proposal from the health field” and must also go through a CRESAP (Recruitment and Selection) audit. General Administration Authority). “New Moment”, which will already be the responsibility of his successor.
And I didn’t say much. When asked successively about her departure and succession, the Minister of the Presidency gave the answer – “jointly with the Minister of Health.” First, Mariana Vieira da Silva explained that the Minister would remain in the government after her resignation: “[Marta Temido] Making his place available, the Prime Minister understood that it was important to close this move. It comes down to the timing and urgency of the answers we have to give. There is a collective decision of the government here.” Then he repeated that The succession is left to the “Prime Minister jointly with the President of the Republic.” Upon the Minister of the Presidency’s answer, Marta Temido refused to take the floor.
The trend of SNS “fully” in January 2023
Regarding the decree approved by the Cabinet, Mariana Vieira da Silva said that the executive directive of the SNS should be “fully operational in January 2023”, along with the entry into force of the state budget. One confirmed that it came after being asked about the announced closure of the Alfredo da Costa maternity ward outside Lisbon in Lisbon. “The information we have is that there is no longer any restriction” in the country’s largest maternity hospital, the Minister of the Presidency said, noting that this is the kind of situation that needs to be answered by future SNS executive directive. . At the beginning of the briefing, Marta Temido stated that this new structure is intended to respond to “the need for greater operational coordination of assistance responses”. He explained that “one of the critical factors for the success of this executive directive is its relationship to other units in the health system”, such as the central administration of the health system or the shared services of the SNS, so the new law “details the appropriate form and seating for expression.”
Possible successors
In the list of possible successors to Marta Temedo there are several names. This is the situation Fernando Araujo, 56-year-old physician (a hematologist) who directs Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João (CHUSJ). Not a socialist activist, he was Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Health in Antonio Costa’s first government, from November 2015 to October 2018 (with Adalberto Campos Fernandez as minister). Fernando Araujo recently held an important position in the NHS.
Another ministerial name has been appointed Raquel Duarte, pulmonologist at Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho Hospital Center, With an academic background in public health and health economics. Raquel Duarte was also Secretary of State for Health in Antonio Costa’s first government, but already at the Marta Temedo Consulate. He was part of the team that submitted contraction proposals to the government, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A doctor too, but in this case he comes from the socialist ranks, there is also the possibility Manuel Pizarro, currently a member of the European Parliament. A similar case is that of Antonio Lacerda Sales, a physician and socialist activist (who was head of the Leiria List in recent legislatures), and the current Assistant Secretary of State and Health, in what could be a solution to continuity in the face of Marta Temedo’s mandate.
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