HEALTH UNIT FICHA · REGIÃO DE SAÚDE NORTE
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Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)
12.6% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.
Position 35 of 43 reporting institutions (1 = largest share beyond the deadline). National share: 31.3%. Up 2.5 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.
12.6
31.3
8.2
7.9
8.1
7.3
6.2
7
8.3
8.2
8.2
9.2
10.1
12.6
1,144 of 9,051 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2024-01.