/ HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Now that you are settled in, it's important to enrol in the Public Health Care Centre (“Serviço Nacional de Saúde”). If you have family living with you in Braga, you should proceed with the enrolment of all your family members to each get their user number (número de utente).

The registration is done on-site by picking up a ticket near the security officer:

Name of the Service: Secretaria Geral do ACES Cávado - I Braga

Address: Largo Paulo Orósio (next to the Bombeiros Voluntários de Braga – Firefighters station)

Working hours: Business days from 09h00 to 12h30 and 14h00 to 16h00.

The required documents are as follows (originals):

  • Diplomatic card;

  • Passport;

  • Document from Portuguese Tax Authority with NIF number;

  • Residence Certificate issued by the parish;

  • NISS number.

Our contacts at this Public Health Centre are Rita Rodrigues and Vanessa Martins at the service desk. You can ask to talk to them if you have any difficulties.