SAC
Published 8 November 2026, 22:51
SAC — Serviço de Atendimento Complementar (appointments when the health centre is closed)
Extra appointments at a public health centre in the evenings, at weekends and on public holidays — for urgent cases that can't wait until Monday but don't need a trip to hospital. No booking is needed; you go to the one in your own ULS.
Where you come across it. A temperature, pain or an injury on a Friday evening or a Sunday: go to your health centre's SAC first, not to hospital A&E.
Hours and addresses vary from one ULS to another, and SAC is not an emergency service: for chest pain, confusion or heavy bleeding, call 112 rather than going to SAC.
Official website: sns.gov.pt/institucional/unidades-de-saude