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HEALTH UNIT FICHA · REGIÃO DE SAÚDE DO ALENTEJO

Unidade Local de Saúde do Alentejo Central.

Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)

49.8% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.

Position 5 of 43 reporting institutions (1 = largest share beyond the deadline). National share: 31.3%. Up 1.1 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 unit49.8
National share31.3
TREND · % BEYOND THE DEADLINE
Jun51
Jul50.2
Aug51.2
Sep49.8
Oct47.4
Nov47.2
Dec48.6
Jan48.7
Feb47.6
Mar47.5
Apr48.7
May49.8
2,828 of 5,678 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2024-01.

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