APMGF
Published 8 November 2026, 22:31
APMGF — Associação Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar (Portuguese Association of Family Doctors)
The professional association of Portugal's family doctors — the doctors people are registered with at their SNS health centre. The association does not treat patients or handle their complaints: it speaks for family doctors when the government changes the rules on their work, referrals and prescriptions.
Where you come across it. News about the SNS: waiting lists for a family doctor, who can prescribe medicines, the workload at health centres.
It is the doctors' voice, not a government body: what it says is an opinion, not a rule. The rules are set by the Ministry of Health and the DGS.