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HEALTH UNIT FICHA · REGIÃO DE SAÚDE NORTE

Unidade Local de Saúde do Tâmega e Sousa.

Surgery within the legal deadline (TMRG)

12.4% of surgery-list patients had waited beyond the legal deadline in May 2026.

Position 37 of 43 reporting institutions (1 = largest share beyond the deadline). National share: 31.3%. Down 0.8 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 unit12.4
National share31.3
TREND · % BEYOND THE DEADLINE
Jun14.3
Jul14.5
Aug15.3
Sep17.1
Oct17
Nov17.3
Dec18.4
Jan21.6
Feb15.1
Mar13.5
Apr13.2
May12.4
673 of 5,420 wait-listed patients beyond the deadline. · Source: SNS Transparência · snapshot of 2026-08-05 · series since 2024-01.

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INTERROGATE: surgery within deadline, in the data engine ER and waits (SNS)