DGS publishes Norm 17/2022 - "Patient Safety Incident Notification and Management

The Directorate-General for Health, through the Department of Quality in Health, published Standard 17/2022, of 19 December, on "Notification and Management of Patient Safety Incidents", under the terms of Article 2(2)(a) of Regulatory Decree No. 14/2012, of 26 January.

The Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas recommends a careful reading of the Norm, which can be consulted here This is a recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2002.

This standard aims to optimise the process of notification and management of patient safety incidents, and is framed by the National Plan for Patient Safety (PNSD) 2021-2026.

The NOTIFICA platform, provided by the Directorate-General for Health (DGS), is an integral part of the National Incident Notification System and can be accessed via the link: https://notifica.dgs.min-saude.pt/. Registration is voluntary and may be carried out by the citizen or by the health professionalin an anonymous manner. The information contained in the notification will be used for the sole and exclusive purpose of management and analysis of patient safety incidents, through the principles of anonymization, confidentiality, non-punishment of the notifier or of the persons involved in the incident, aiming to promote learning from the error and the consequent implementation of improvement actions.

Portuguese Physiotherapists Order received by IGAS

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The Order of Physiotherapists, represented by the President, António Lopes, accompanied by the administrator, Ana Paula Oliveira, and by the legal consultant, Luís Camejo, was received by the General Inspection of Health Activities (IGAS), in a meeting that took place on 21 December 2022.

At the working meeting the activities developed by the Order of Physiotherapists were presented and the intervention of the General Inspection of Health Activities (IGAS) was shared within the scope of the audits on the enhancement of people in the National Health Service, which have been carried out, since 2021, in several hospital establishments.

It was agreed that IGAS would collaborate with the Order of Physiotherapists, namely through an awareness-raising session with employers that develop activities in health, health professionals and citizens, to make known the legal requirements for the exercise of the profession of physiotherapist, with a view to patient safety.

Information on the Order's services

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The Order wishes Season's Greetings to all Physiotherapists and informs that the attendance services will be working on the 23rd and 30th December, in the usual timetable, which you can consult here.

Portuguese Physiotherapists Order marks the International Day of Disabled People

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Today marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This day has been celebrated annually on 3 December since 1998, the year in which the United Nations adopted the "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities"with the aim of promoting the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in society and their participation in the various social, cultural, economic and political fields. 

Proposing the subject On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the United Nations challenges us to "transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation to foster an equitable and accessible world".

The Portuguese Physioterapists Order marks the International Day of Disabled People. Bearing in mind its area of intervention, physiotherapy can help to treat and prevent a wide range of health conditions and movement disorders, contributing to promote independence, autonomy and well-being of people with disabilities.

Pedro Maciel Barbosa

Specialist physiotherapist at the Matosinhos Local Health Unit Sub-coordinator for Primary Health Care, Matosinhos Local Health Unit Visiting Assistant Professor at the Porto School of Health Member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Health - SNS Member of the General Council of the Order of Physiotherapists

Carlos Sand

Carlos Areia has been a physiotherapist since 2013, and has worked in various hospitals, clinics and clubs in both Portugal and the UK. He began his academic career at Oxford University in 2016, where he led a clinical trial comparing physiotherapy vs surgery in anterior cruciate injuries in 32 hospitals in England. In 2018 she moved to the neurosciences department, where she developed her own studies on remote monitoring of vital signs, which were implemented during the pandemic. Here he discovered his passion for data, and in 2022, he joined Digital Science as a Data Scientist. He completed his PhD earlier this year, and has more than 60 publications in journals such as The Lancet, BMJ, Cochrane, among others. He is also an honorary lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and a consultant in clinical research.

Eduardo José Brazete Carvalho Cruz

PhD in Physiotherapy from the University of Brighton, UK. Post-Doctorate in Epidemiology from the National School of Public Health at the New University of Lisbon.
Coordinator of the Studies and Planning Office of the Order of Physiotherapists. Coordinating Professor of the Physiotherapy Department of the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (ESS-IPS). President of the ESS-IPS Technical-Scientific Council. Coordinator of the Physiotherapy Department at ESS-IPS. Integrated Researcher at the Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) (a partnership between FCM-UNL, the National School of Public Health, the University of Évora, the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health and Santo Espírito Hospital, Terceira Island, Azores).

Sara Souto Miranda

Sara Souto Miranda has a bachelor's and master's degree in physiotherapy from the University of Aveiro, and a postgraduate qualification in adult respiratory physiotherapy from the same institution. In 2023 she completed her double doctorate in Rehabilitation Sciences/Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at the Universities of Aveiro and Maastricht (Netherlands) and is currently working as a technical-scientific advisor to the Studies and Planning Office (GEP) of the Order of Physiotherapists, and as a guest lecturer at the Piaget Institute in Vila Nova de Gaia. As a member of the Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory at the University of Aveiro (Lab3R), she has carried out applied research in which she has assessed and treated patients with respiratory pathology, having taken part in 6 research projects. Throughout her career she has published 19 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals with an impact factor, 1 book chapter and more than 50 abstracts in conference proceedings. She was a research volunteer at the Ciro rehabilitation centre (Centre for expertise in chronic organ failure) in the Netherlands, and is currently a member of the Guideline Methodology Network of European Respiratory Society. She was honoured by European Lung Foundation e European Respiratory Society for carrying out patient-centred research, by the Directorate General for Higher Education with a merit grant for his master's degree, and by the Ciro Centre with a grant to support research abroad.

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