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HEALTH UNIT FICHA · REGIÃO DE SAÚDE NORTE

Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.

Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)

31.0% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.

Position 15 of 43 reporting institutions (1 = largest share beyond the deadline). National share: 31.3%. Down 1.7 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 unit31
National share31.3
TREND · % BEYOND THE DEADLINE
Jun19.2
Jul19.4
Aug20.3
Sep21.1
Oct21.8
Nov22.8
Dec25.3
Jan27.8
Feb30.8
Mar31.9
Apr32.7
May31
1,455 of 4,700 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2024-01.

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