But, from a brief analysis, the Fnam leader says it is clear that in the document referring to the creation of regional emergencies, minister Ana Paula Martins “confirms the attempted coercive mobilization of doctors for regional emergencies, contrary to what was stated in the Assembly of the Republic”, in mid-September when she was confronted by deputies with the existence of an order to this effect.
At the time, remember, Ana Paula Martins stated: “There is no order to carry out mobility by force. What is being prepared within the Government (…) is a diploma that has to be promulgated”, but which will first be subjected to “negotiation with the unions”. “It won’t be by force”, he reinforced.
For Fnam, this is not what is said in the diploma that reached them. And he warns that “doctors covered by FNAM collective agreements cannot be forced, being protected from mobilization to another municipality outside their place of work”, maintaining that “what is at stake is not just a legal issue, but a political decision that threatens the SNS”.
In a statement, Fnam argues that “this coercive measure It doesn’t work for doctors.”considering that these “will be led to terminate contracts in greater numbers”. On the other hand, he warns that “this action also does not serve the populationwhich will be definitely away from nearby services in several regions, including essential obstetric and gynecological care — with the risk of maintaining and intensifying the occurrence of births in ambulances”.
In relation to the document on the CED for Gynecology-Obstetrics, Fnam considers that it is “based exclusively on indices and productivity, at the expense of additional workload, without any appreciation of the base salary, improvement of working conditions or guarantee of career progression, and without any evidence that this proposal improves access to health services or brings real gains in health for the population”.
For this structure, “these illegal measures confirm the lack of good faith in negotiations. Ana Paula Martins opted for imposition, not dialogue, which is why the advance notice of strike is maintained for all doctors in the mainland and autonomous regions, on October 24th”.
DN also contacted the Independent Doctors’ Union (SIM) to obtain a reaction to the sending of the documentation and whether a new round of negotiations would also be confirmed after the Council of Ministers meeting, but did not receive a response by the time this piece was published.