Support for professionals - Formal Caregivers
Strategic Plans
Strategic plan for the development of palliative care. Palliative Care Support teams "should provide telephone assistance to patients, relatives/caregivers and other health professionals and provide for unplanned consultations for differentiated care of patients and caregivers in crisis situations, avoiding the use of the Emergency Service". You can consult the places where there are Palliative Care responses.
National Programme for Prevention and Control of Pain. This programme is aimed at the entire population covered by the health system and the National Health Service and is expected to be implemented by 2020. Pain, in particular chronic pain, has an impact on the person far beyond the suffering it causes, namely psychological sequelae, isolation, disability and loss of quality of life. This impact can go beyond the person themselves and involve family, caregivers and friends. One of the Health 2020 targets is to contribute to citizens' pain prevention and control literacy. Consult your Family Health Team.
National Programme for Mental Health. In this context, the participation of users and caregivers in the rehabilitation and social integration of people suffering from serious mental problems should be encouraged. Consult your Family Health Team.
National Programme for Oncological Diseases. The aim of this Programme is: To decrease preventable cancers and late diagnosis through prevention and early diagnosis and to mitigate the impact of cancer on patients and their families. Mission: To promote the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer diseases ensuring equity and accessibility for citizens. Consult your Family Health Team.
Priority Health Programmes 2020 Health Goals. Important information guiding Health Strategies in Portugal: Prevention and Control of Smoking; Promotion of Healthy Eating; Physical Activity Promotion; Diabetes; Brain Diseases - Cardiovascular; Oncological Diseases;
Respiratory Diseases; HIV / AIDS and Tuberculosis; Viral Hepatitis; Prevention and Control of Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance; Mental Health.