The Democratic Union of Nurses of Portugal (Sindepor) presented this Wednesday to the Ministry of Health a proposal to review the performance evaluation of these professionals, expressing its conviction in a career progression agreement until September.
We have presented a proposal in which we want the situation of the performance evaluation of all nurses to be reviewed since it was frozen in 2004″, the president of Sindepor told Lusa, after another negotiation meeting with the Secretary of State for Health. , Maria. of Fatima Fonseca.
This was the first meeting between both parties after a negotiation protocol was formalized at the June 24 meeting that provides 120 days for an agreement on the replacement of points for professional promotion purposes.
According to Carlos Ramalho, at Wednesday’s meeting, the issue went through the “scope” of the two proposals – that of the union and that of the ministry -, that is, how many nurses will see their performance evaluation analyzed to assess whether the points are They scored well or poorly.
We will have a meeting again on August 3, because we want to complete this negotiation process within the stipulated deadlines,” said the union leader, referring to the fact that Sindepor intends, at this meeting, “to present specific cases to broaden this scope,” in order to guarantee that Virtually all nurses, regardless of their relationship, are reviewed.
At this stage of the negotiations, “there are no issues of either party that cannot be discussed”The union president has underlined, who has recognized the “good position” of the Secretary of State in this process, which gives “some guarantees for future negotiations” in the face of an agreement.
On May 4, after a meeting with representatives of this professional class, the Ministry of Health announced that it had proposed a negotiation protocol to the nurses’ unions, which included the replacement of points lost when entering the new career.
“The Ministry of Health proposed to present a scheduled negotiation protocol, which has as its central axis the issue of replacement of points, defined as a priority for this year,” Minister Marta Temido’s office said at the time.
Source: Observadora
