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HEALTH UNIT FICHA · REGIÃO DE SAÚDE DO ALGARVE

Unidade Local de Saúde do Algarve.

Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)

53.5% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.

Position 3 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 unit53.5
National share31.3
TREND · % BEYOND THE DEADLINE
Jun51.5
Jul49.4
Aug51.2
Sep52.4
Oct52.9
Nov53.6
Dec57.2
Jan57.2
Feb54.9
Mar53.3
Apr53.6
May53.5
6,094 of 11,395 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2024-01.

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