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HEALTH UNIT FICHA · REGIÃO DE SAÚDE NORTE

Unidade Local de Saúde de Barcelos/Esposende.

Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)

28.1% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.

Position 19 of 43 reporting institutions (1 = largest share beyond the deadline). National share: 31.3%. Down 0.1 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 unit28.1
National share31.3
TREND · % BEYOND THE DEADLINE
Jun14.8
Jul14
Aug15.3
Sep15.8
Oct16.3
Nov18.4
Dec22.5
Jan25.9
Feb24.9
Mar25.4
Apr28.2
May28.1
1,351 of 4,800 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2024-01.

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