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HEALTH UNIT FICHA · REGIÃO DE SAÚDE NORTE

Unidade Local de Saúde de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho.

Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)

12.5% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.

Position 36 of 43 reporting institutions (1 = largest share beyond the deadline). National share: 31.3%. Up 0.8 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 unit12.5
National share31.3
TREND · % BEYOND THE DEADLINE
Jun7.9
Jul8.8
Aug12.4
Sep12.7
Oct12.2
Nov12.8
Dec13.4
Jan12.9
Feb11.2
Mar10.8
Apr11.7
May12.5
1,449 of 11,586 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2024-01.

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