Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde

The Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, E.P.E. was created in 2010, by Decree-Law No. 19/2010, of March 22, as a corporate public law legal person, endowed with legal personality, administrative and financial autonomy and its own assets, under the terms of the legal regime of the State’s business sector, being subject to the supervision of the members of the Government responsible for the areas of finance and health. In accordance with the legal framework established by Decree-Law No. 19/2010, of March 22nd, with the successive amendments described below, the SPMS powers and attributions have been strengthened in terms of service provision shared services specific to the health area to establishments and services of the National Health Service (SNS), regardless of their legal nature, as well as to the bodies and services of the Ministry of Health and any other entities, when carrying out specific activities in the area of health.

Indeed, the SPMS has the following attributions:

The provision of shared services in the areas of purchasing and logistics, financial services, human resources and information and communication systems and technologies;

The functioning of the National Health Service Contact Center (CCSNS) and the National TeleHealth Center (CNTS);

Ensure the activity and management of the SNS Control and Monitoring Center (CCMSNS), within the scope of shared services for checking medication invoices, complementary means of diagnosis and therapy and other areas of health services.

Role of institution in the project

SPMS is envolved in 4 work packages: WP3, WP4, WP5 and WP6.

SPMS will help by sharing national good practices and learn from the experience produced within EU-CAIM and all partners involved in this consortium. SPMS has a lot of experience in international projects.