The new amounts to be paid to doctors working in the emergency department were not touched upon at Thursday’s meeting between the Ministry of Health and medical unions. This was the main objective that Minister Marta Temedo announced for this meeting, but given the proposal made by the Ministry of Health, the value was not even “talked about”, as summed up by the President of the Independent Union of Physicians (SIM), Roque da Cunha in remarks to reporters at the conclusion of the meeting .
“Whatever this value may be, it hardly applies to almost anyone,” he explained. According to the unions, MS will only be willing to pay in excess of current values in cases where hospital staff physicians exceed the cap of 150 overtime hours per year set forth in current legislation. The Bonus is also valid for three months.
The Minister of Health was not present at the meeting, which was confirmed by Foreign Minister Fatma Fonseca.
Roque da Cunha reiterated that the review of emergency business payments should apply “at all times” provided in these services. “We left without any solution and disappointed after the statements of the Minister and the Prime Minister himself realized that it was a structural problem and presented a completely ineffective and accurate solution,” said the head of the National Federation of Physicians (FNAM). , Noel Carrilho, who also lamented that MS had not suggested “anything structurally”.
The two union structures will begin on Friday to prepare a counter-proposal to be submitted to the Ministry of Health, but Noel Carilho warns that it will be difficult to reach consensus because they are “in very opposing areas”. Once again, what the ministry did was “an act”, accused Roque da Cunha. A new meeting is scheduled for the 22nd.
‘Strange’ was there to be an agreement on the spot
The Minister of State for Health has pledged to analyze the opposition of unions over the update of the salaries of doctors in the emergency service, claiming that it would be “strange” for the two parties to reach an agreement at the first meeting.
The negotiation process includes several meetings and an approximation process. “It would be strange for us to be able, in one meeting, to have a project that is as compatible as possible with the global approximation of the parties,” said Fatima Fonseca, in comments reported by Lusa. “We are committed to exploring all possibilities that will allow us to reach a feasible and realistic agreement,” he also affirmed, reiterating that the government diploma negotiation process that began on Thursday aims to respond to the situational situation that has been experienced in hospital emergency situations.
At a press conference scheduled as an emergency, Marta Temido announced on Wednesday that she would hold a meeting with unions “to discuss a draft diploma on rewards in emergency services.” “The government has committed itself to designing a proposal in the short term with a solution that we believe responds to the main concerns of the structures. It is a solution that includes resolving potential inequities resulting from the employment of task workers and constraints resulting from payroll,” he said. Doctors who provide emergency services through temporary work companies earn, on average, five times more per hour than state-related doctors.
Marta Temedo’s announcement came several days after the emergency obstetrics and gynecology department was closed across the country, due to difficulties in securing professional standards. case will continue.
Speaking to reporters in Luxembourg where he is participating in the Eurogroup meeting, Finance Minister Fernando Medina refused that the situation we are living in recently is the result of financial constraints, stressing that it is a problem of shortage of cadres.
