Centro de Saúde São Tiago

Name

Centro de Saúde São Tiago

Legal name

Unidade de Cuidados na Comunidade de Castelo Branco

Website

https://ucccb.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Castelo Branco

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Healthcare Services: UCC Castelo Branco operates as a public healthcare unit within the Portuguese National Health Service (SNS), funded through public healthcare system financing. Services are provided free of charge or at subsidized rates to citizens. The unit receives funding through the Unidade Local de Saúde de Castelo Branco (ULSCB, EPE) which is a public enterprise under the Ministry of Health.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Centro de Saúde São Tiago, operating as UCC Castelo Branco (UCCCB), is a public community healthcare unit integrated in the Unidade Local de Saúde de Castelo Branco, EPE (ULSCB) and the Portuguese National Health Service (SNS). It delivers primary and community-based healthcare services to the population of the Castelo Branco municipality through health center consultations, domiciliary visits, and outreach programs targeting specific population groups such as children, school-age youth, elderly, and informal caregivers.

Product overview

Centro de Saúde São Tiago operates as a Unidade de Cuidados na Comunidade (UCC) - a community healthcare unit within Portugal's National Health Service (SNS). The facility provides a comprehensive portfolio of primary healthcare services organized as an integrated program-based model, combining preventive care, health education, home-based services, and community outreach. Key service lines include child and youth health programs, school health education, mental health services, elderly care, informal caregiver support, visual health screening, and social integration programs. The unit operates from the São Tiago Health Center in Castelo Branco and serves the municipality's population through partnerships with schools, social services, and civil society organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Child and Youth Health Program A national SNS community health program delivered to children, adolescents, and young adults covering preventive care, health surveillance, and support to families within the Castelo Branco catchment area.
• School Health Program Health screening, education, and preventive interventions delivered to school-age children in partnership with local schools in the Castelo Branco municipality.
• Visual Health Screening (Photo-screening) Photo-screening based visual screening program for children and at-risk populations to enable early detection of visual disorders as part of the national SNS community health portfolio.
• Elderly Care Program Program providing integrated care to elderly residents, including home-based nursing visits, health surveillance, and continuity-of-care coordination.
• Informal Caregiver Support Program Program offering training, guidance, and emotional support to informal caregivers of dependent individuals in the municipality, coordinated with social sector partners.
• Prison Health Program Healthcare services provided to inmates of the local prison facility in partnership with the prison administration, covering preventive care, screening, and health education.
• Community Mental Health Program Community-level mental health support, screening, and referral services for the population of Castelo Branco.
• Rehabilitation Nursing Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 1st place nationally in BI-CSP Global Performance Index with 98.40 score
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Câmara Municipal de Castelo Branco (CMCB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021The Municipal Council of Castelo Branco is the promoting entity for the Municipal and Intercultural Mediators Project. The CMCB defined Amato Lusitano - Associação de Desenvolvimento as the first partner entity to operationalize the project, with interventions in the Health axis falling to UCC Castelo Branco. The municipality also adopted the RACCI initiative for informal caregiver support.
• Amato Lusitano - Associação de Desenvolvimento (AAL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAL is a key civil society partner collaborating with UCC Castelo Branco on multiple initiatives including migrant integration (PMIM), Roma community health, and CLDS (Local Social Development Contract) projects. The association serves as the operational partner for municipal mediador projects.
• USF Beira SaúdeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThree medical doctors undergoing Specialty Training in General and Family Medicine at USF Beira Saúde partnered with UCCCB nurses to provide healthcare coverage at the 2024 District Cross-Country sporting event.
• Associação de Professores de Educação Física e Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno ÁlvaresminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Heart March event integrated in 'Heart Month' activities. UCCCB collaborated on health monitoring (blood pressure, heart rate, capillary glycemia) and health education for 270 participants.
• Cáritas Interparoquial de Castelo BrancominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCáritas volunteers supported logistics for health education activities conducted in Roma community neighborhoods (Bairro da Sapateira).
• Cruz Vermelha PortuguesaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortuguese Red Cross volunteers supported logistics for health education activities conducted in Roma community neighborhoods.
• Juntas de Freguesia (Local Parish Councils)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal parish councils (including Salgueiro do Campo, Póvoa Rio de Moinhos) partner with UCCCB for community health activities, elderly support programs, and health literacy initiatives at the local level.
• Alto Comissariado para as Migrações (ACM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACM serves as the intermediate organism for the POISE-funded Municipal Mediators Project. It determines the mission of working with other competent entities to combat discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnic origin, or religion.
• ULSCB, EPE (Unidade Local de Saúde de Castelo Branco)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCC Castelo Branco is an organizational unit within ULSCB, EPE (a public enterprise under the Ministry of Health). The Board of Directors of ULSCB approved the unit's operational start date and provides institutional support. The ULSCB Installations and Equipment Service provided renovations to the health center.
• CáritasminorStrategic or Co-development Partner20 users from Cáritas Interparoquial participated in health education activities aimed at migrants. Cáritas provides support services for vulnerable populations in partnership with UCCCB.
• Portugal AVCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortugal AVC is a national association of AVC survivors, families, caregivers, and health professionals. UCCCB shared informative videos from Portugal AVC on its platform to commemorate World Stroke Day.
• Liga Portuguesa Contra o CancrominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCCCB participated in the 'Os Super Saudáveis' project promoted by Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, which uses schools and teachers as fundamental vehicles for acquiring health literacy competencies.
• Estabelecimento Prisional de Castelo BrancocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCCCB conducts regular health education activities in the local prison, addressing topics including healthy lifestyles, mental health, hygiene, infectious diseases, hypertension, and substance abuse. This is part of the unit's extended services portfolio.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cáritas Portuguesa: National confederation of social-action organizations providing community-based health literacy, social support, and integration services to vulnerable populations including migrants, elderly, and people in poverty. Directly comparable to UCCCB's outreach work in Roma communities and migrant populations in Castelo Branco.
• Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa: Large Portuguese social-solidarity institution operating hospitals, residential care, and community health/social programs. Comparable to UCCCB in its community-services mission targeting elderly, caregivers, and vulnerable groups, though at substantially greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (Portuguese Red Cross): National humanitarian organization delivering community health, social support, and emergency response services across Portugal. Comparable to UCCCB in providing community-based health outreach to vulnerable populations, though operating at much larger scale and as a private non-profit rather than a public SNS unit.
• ARS Centro (Administração Regional de Saúde do Centro): Regional health administration overseeing SNS primary-care delivery across the Centro region of Portugal, including homologation of UCCCB's Plano de Ação in 2013. Comparable as the supervisory authority for the same regulatory framework governing UCCCB's operations.
• NHS Community Health Services (UK): UK National Health Service community health services delivering domiciliary care, school nursing, health visiting, and community rehabilitation. Comparable international benchmark for UCCCB's model of publicly funded, multidisciplinary community-based primary care integrated with secondary-care referral pathways.

Direct peers

• USF Beira Saúde: Family Health Unit operating within the same ULSCB EPE parent and located in the Castelo Branco region, providing primary medical and nursing care under the SNS framework. A documented operational partner of UCCCB (e.g., joint coverage at the 2024 District Cross-Country), sharing funding mechanisms, governance, and patient population.
• Hospital Amato Lusitano: Hospital unit within the same ULSCB EPE parent organization, providing secondary/tertiary care to the Castelo Branco region. Comparable as a sister SNS unit under shared governance, with documented cross-referral workflows with UCCCB (e.g., RSVI telematic image transmission to hospital ophthalmology reading centers).
• Cáritas Diocesana de Castelo Branco: Local Cáritas branch operating in the same Castelo Branco municipality as UCCCB, providing social support, immigrant integration, and community outreach. Documented operational partner of UCCCB (20 Cáritas users participated in UCCCB's migrant health education activities).

Regional players

• ACES Pinhal Interior Sul: Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde operating primary care groupings in the southern Pinhal Interior region adjacent to Castelo Branco. Comparable as a Portuguese primary-care organizational structure within the SNS, though focused on a different geographic catchment.

Others

• Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro (Portuguese Cancer League): National non-profit running health-literacy and school-based prevention campaigns. Documented partner of UCCCB through the 'Os Super Saudáveis' school health-literacy project, providing a programmatic adjacency to UCCCB's own school health and literacy programs under the PNSE.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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