Created by Decree-Law No. 69/2013 , of 17 May, the Centro Hospitalar do Algarve EPE resulted from the merger between Hospital de Faro and Centro Hospitalar do Barlavento Algarvio (Hospital de Portimão and Hospital de Lagos). In 2017, under Decree-Law no. 101/2017, of 23 August, its name was changed to Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve EPE, as well as transferred to Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve – new name of Centro Hospitalar do Algarve – the powers of the Regional Health Administration of the Algarve IP regarding the Southern Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center (CMFRS), succeeding the hospital center in the global object of exploitation of the CMFRS, in the maintenance and conservation of the building and in the provision of specialized health care services for physical medicine and rehabilitation, through internment and outpatient care, to the population of the geographical area of the districts of Faro and Beja, and can also provide care to the population of other districts of the country, as long as it has available capacity and no waiting lists occur.
In this context, and in a perspective of more efficient use of available resources and taking advantage of synergies, with gains in rationality and quality, its competences are now ensured by the Hospital Center, guaranteeing clinical governance with the appropriate degree of autonomy, which ensures and enhances the high differentiation of the care profile in the area of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Integrated in the National Health System (SNS), the Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve is a collective person under public law, of a business nature, endowed with administrative, financial and patrimonial autonomy.
It consists of three hospital units – Faro, Portimão and Lagos – to which are added the Basic Emergency Services of the Algarve and the Center for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the South, characterizing itself as a reference hospital unit in the NHS, being responsible for for the provision of differentiated health care in the Algarve region, as well as for the support to pre, postgraduate and continuous training in the health area.
Consolidated as a unit of excellence in the health system, endowed with the most advanced technical and therapeutic resources, with competence, knowledge and experience of its professionals, the Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve is dedicated to ensuring equity and universality of access to healthcare. health, as well as promoting the development of pre-, post-graduate and research training and teaching activities, so it was justified to adopt the new name of Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve.
FARO
General Faro Hospital (Headquarters)
Rua Leão Penedo
8000-386 Faro
Email – administracao@chalgarve.min-saude.pt
Telephone – 289 891 100 (general)
Citizen’s Office – Hospital de Faro
Opening hours: from 9 am to 12:30 pm and from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Rua Leão Penedo
8000-386 Faro
Telephones – 289 891 144
Email – gabcidadao@chalgarve.min-saude.pt
Support Center for External Consultation – Hospital de Faro
Telephones -289 002 041/289 002 042
Hours: working days – from 8 am to 6 pm
Email: secconexterna@chalgarve.min-saude.pt
Human Resources – Hospital de Faro
Rua Leão Penedo
8000-386 Faro
Employee Support Office | 289 001 946
PORTIMÃO
General – Portimão Hospital
Sítio do Poço Seco
8500-338 Portimão
Telephone – 282 450 300
Email – geral@chalgarve.min-saude.pt
Citizen’s Office – Hospital de Portimão
Floor 0 | Sítio do Poço Seco
8500-338 Portimão
Telephone – 282 450 316
Email – secsocial@chalgarve.min-saude.pt
General External Consultation – Hospital de Portimão
Floor 0 | Sítio do Poço Seco
8500-338 Portimão
Telephone – 282 450 307
Email – paula.granha@chalgarve.min-saude.pt
Support Center for External Consultation – Hospital de Portimão
Telephone – 282 450 307
Hours: working days – from 8 am to 6 pm
Email: consultaexterna@chalgarve.min-saude.pt
Human Resources – Hospital de Portimão
Telephone – 289 450 305
LAKES
General – Lagos Hospital
Rua Castelo dos Governadores
8600-563 Lagos
Telephone – 282 770 100
Citizen’s Office
Sítio do Poço Seco
8500-338 Portimão
Telephone – 282 450 316
Email – secsocial@chalgarve.min-saude.pt
General External Consultation – Lagos
Rua Castelo dos Governadores
8600-563 Lagos
Telephone – 282 770 108
CENTER OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND SOUTH REHABILITATION
Sítio das Almargens
8150-022 São Brás de Alportel
Telephone – 289 840 700
Fax – 289 840 790
E-mail: info.cmrsul@cmfrsul.min-saude.pt
BASIC EMERGENCY SERVICES
SUB de Albufeira
Urbanização dos Caliços
8200-200 Albufeira
Telephone – 289598400
Lagos SUB
Rua Castelo dos Governadores
8600-563 Lagos
Telephone – 282770100
SUB de Loulé
Avenida Engenheiro Laginha Serafim
8100-740 Loulé
Telephone – 289401000
SUB Vila Real de Santo António
Avenida Duarte Pacheco
8900-211 Vila Real de Santo António
Telephone – 281530270