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HEALTH UNIT FICHA · REGIÃO DE SAÚDE DO ALENTEJO

Unidade Local de Saúde do Litoral Alentejano.

Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)

8.2% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.

Position 40 of 43 reporting institutions (1 = largest share beyond the deadline). National share: 31.3%. Up 0.3 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 unit8.2
National share31.3
TREND · % BEYOND THE DEADLINE
Jun9.2
Jul10.6
Aug10.7
Sep11.6
Oct9.6
Nov8.6
Dec8.3
Jan7.6
Feb6.8
Mar7.3
Apr7.9
May8.2
198 of 2,421 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2023-06.

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