CoR - Portugal Health

Central level

Strategies, monitoring frameworks and evaluations.

Ensuring that every citizen has access to preventive, curative and rehabilitative medical care;
Ensuring efficient national coverage in terms of healthcare units and human resources;
Working towards the public funding of the costs of medical care and medicines;
Regulating and controlling the production, distribution, marketing, sale and use of chemical, biological and pharmaceutical products and other means of treatment and diagnosis, and
Drafting policies for the prevention and treatment of drug abuse.
The Integrated Medical Emergency System.
Integration of Medical services and healthcare provision.
Determine hospital budgets pending national annual budgets.

The National Health Service possesses a decentralised and participatory management system.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Regional level

The Azores:

Regional health service, including its organisation, planning, operation, financing and human resources;
Public health and community services;
Preventive medicine and rehabilitation, and
The system of licensing and operation of pharmacies.

Madeira:

Responsible ministries/bodies

Regional Authorities of Azores and Madeira

Local level

Municipalities are responsible for:

The construction, maintenance and support of primary health care centres;
Participating in advisory monitoring and evaluation of national health;
Participating in the definition of policies and actions undertaken by health offices, and
Participating in the provision of health care in the framework of social support dependence in partnership with central government and other local institutions.
Manage non-medical staff of primary health care centres.

Intermunicipal entities are responsible for:

Responsible ministries/bodies

Municipalities

Sources

Healthcare Reform Strategy

White Paper, Value-based Healthcare, Portugal, EUI

Policies Area