Centro de Atendimento Clínico
Published 3 November 2026, 17:05
Centro de Atendimento Clínico (CAC) — same-day appointments
A clinic attached to a hospital or a group of health centres that offers same-day appointments, so that people with minor complaints do not go to A&E. They are set up where the urgência is overloaded: in September 2026, such a centre was promised for Amadora in October.
Where you come across it. You are ill and need to see a doctor today, but you have no family doctor or cannot get an appointment with yours.
This is not A&E or an ambulance service: if your condition is serious, go to the urgência. How to book and who is seen are decided by each hospital; there is no national rule.