Glossary

STSS

Published 8 November 2026, 22:29
STSS — Sindicato Nacional dos Técnicos Superiores de Saúde das Áreas de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica (union of health specialists in diagnostics and therapy)

The union of the hospital and health centre staff who carry out tests, X-rays, CT and MRI scans, physiotherapy and functional diagnostics: laboratory technicians, radiographers, physiotherapists and others. It calls their strikes in the public health service, the SNS.

Where you come across it. News about strikes in SNS hospitals and health centres.
On its strike days non-urgent tests, scans and physiotherapy may be postponed; urgent treatment and treatment already under way still go ahead.
Official website: stss.pt