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HEALTH UNIT FICHA · REGIÃO DE SAÚDE DO CENTRO

Unidade Local de Saúde Castelo Branco.

Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)

18.5% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.

Position 27 of 43 reporting institutions (1 = largest share beyond the deadline). National share: 31.3%. Up 4.2 points on the previous month.

The TMRG is the legally guaranteed maximum response time for scheduled surgery. The share measures wait-listed patients already past it.

% BEYOND THE LEGAL WAIT
This unit18.5
National share31.3
TREND · % BEYOND THE DEADLINE
Jun15
Jul15
Aug19.4
Sep22.5
Oct22.3
Nov21.6
Dec21.2
Jan20
Feb17.1
Mar14.4
Apr14.3
May18.5
449 of 2,430 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2024-01.

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