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Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António.

Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)

18.0% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.

Position 29 of 43 reporting institutions (1 = largest share beyond the deadline). National share: 31.3%. Down 0.9 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
National share31.3
TREND · % BEYOND THE DEADLINE
Jun17.1
Jul16.9
Aug16.9
Sep17.1
Oct16.8
Nov16.9
Dec17.4
Jan17.9
Feb18
Mar17.8
Apr18.9
May18
1,417 of 7,888 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2024-01.

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