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HEALTH UNIT FICHA · REGIÃO DE SAÚDE DO ALENTEJO

Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Alentejo.

Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)

29.8% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.

Position 18 of 43 reporting institutions (1 = largest share beyond the deadline). National share: 31.3%. Up 3.3 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 unit29.8
National share31.3
TREND · % BEYOND THE DEADLINE
Jun28.3
Jul28.1
Aug30
Sep27.5
Oct27.8
Nov26.1
Dec26.8
Jan27.5
Feb27.9
Mar27
Apr26.5
May29.8
624 of 2,095 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2024-01.

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