Health and Wellness

The President of the Portuguese Association of Insurers, José Galamba de Oliveira has said that the National Health System (SNS) is “irreplaceable” and that health insurance should be seen as [...]

By Natasha Donn – Portugal Resident Portugal’s national health service SNS has posted a loss of €435 million despite having received funds of €14Bn in 2023. Portugal’s public finances [...]

Portugal’s government can now request €713 million — the third tranche of EU funding earmarked for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) which had been blocked. According to the online news [...]

MC, a Sonae company, sold 22 Dr. Wells clinics to Lusíadas Saúde for €4.68 million according to the group led by Cláudia Azevedo in its annual report for 2023. According to the company’s [...]

Vasco Antunes Pereira, the CEO of the Grupo Lusíadas Saúde, has called for the return of Public Private Partnerships in the Portuguese health sector, but warns that the model must be [...]

The Dr. Wells clinics, which provide private dental and plastic surgery treatments, have changed hands from Sonae to Lusíadas Saúde for an undisclosed sum. In a communiqué, the company (Lusíadas [...]

The CUF private hospitals group saw its profits soar by 63.7% to €25.4 million in the first half of 2023. It was an impressive increase on the like-for-like profit of €15.5 million last year for [...]

The insurer Fidelidade, which is mostly held by the Chinese holding Fosun, is mulling floating Luz Saúde on the Lisbon stock market (Euronext Lisbon) through an IPO while retaining a majority [...]

The number of people looking for private health packages in Portugal rose by 10% or +3.4 million in 2022 according to the Portuguese Insurance Association (APS). At a time when Portugal’s [...]

The President of the Council of Public Finances, Nazaré da Costa Cabral has suggested the National Health System (SNS) could be financed by an Ireland-style ‘social insurance’ scheme. It would [...]