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Tiago Villanueva

What matters most now is to make sure that we don’t experience another devastating covid-19 wave

March 24, 2021

At the start of the year, Portugal was experiencing a very high rate of covid-19, three authors reflect on what lessons need to be learnt to prevent another wave […]

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Tiago Villanueva: Shortages of medicines in Europe are having a impact on primary care

November 20, 2018

The shortage of medicines in Europe is an increasing problem. Recently I attended a workshop at the European Medicines Agency which convened stakeholders from the pharmaceutical industry, European national medicines […]

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Tiago Villanueva: Primary care in Brazil’s largest favela

November 29, 2016

Walking through Rio de Janeiro’s largest slum, Favela da Rocinha, in the pouring rain is probably not the wisest thing for a foreign visitor to do. But on a recent trip to […]

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Tiago Villanueva: What is it like working as an “Uber-style” doctor?

November 15, 2016

The steady “Uberification” of modern life continues, and with it have come companies that provide “Uber style” medical home visits for patients. KNOK began operating in Portugal in December 2015. A […]

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Tiago Villanueva: Family medicine and private health insurance in Portugal

October 13, 2016

I read with interest some recent articles about the interplay between private healthcare insurance and state provided healthcare. [1][2][3] A substantial proportion of the population has private health insurance in […]

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Tiago Villanueva: Co-payments in general practice—the Portuguese experience

January 11, 2016

Since 2011, I’ve worked as a locum GP in Portugal’s national health service, where patients pay five euros for each appointment with a GP. Many people are exempt from paying, […]

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The BMJ Today: China, philanthropy, statistics, Minerva, and what your patient is thinking

October 15, 2015

• In his acclaimed weekly blog, Richard Lehman highlights a cluster of articles on healthcare in China. Acute kidney injury seems to be an emerging problem in China as many traditional herbal […]

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The BMJ Today: Doing the right thing, doing the wrong thing, and the Hawthorne effect

September 10, 2015

• Samir Dawlatly explains in a blog the barriers that he faces daily as a practicing GP, which often hinder him from providing high quality healthcare. He gives the example of […]

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The BMJ Today: Patient centred outcomes research

August 3, 2015

• A research paper looks at the association between warfarin treatment and longitudinal outcomes after ischaemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation in community practice, using a large registry of patients […]

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The BMJ Today: The NHS in the aftermath of the UK’s general election

May 11, 2015

• Gareth Iacobucci reports that the National Health Action Party secured just over 20 000 votes across 12 constituencies in the UK general election. In three constituencies, it achieved fourth place […]

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