The article “What is the SNS Executive Board for? A ministry within the ministry?” published in Expresso discusses the function and effectiveness of the Executive Directorate of the National Health Service (SNS) in Portugal. The professor argues that this entity, created to improve the management and efficiency of the SUS, in practice, functions as a “ministry within the ministry”, which can generate duplication of functions and conflicts of competence. The text questions whether this structure really brings benefits to the health system or just adds bureaucracy.
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