Local Health Unit of Cova da Beira

Mission
Provide healthcare services with efficiency, quality, in a timely manner, and at socially affordable costs to the population within its area of influence and to all citizens in general; develop high-quality education as the Nuclear Hospital of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Beira Interior (Protocol No. 11/2001, published in the  Diário da República, II Series of April 16, 2001); and participate in undergraduate and postgraduate education, in collaboration with Nursing Schools and Higher Education Schools of Health Technology, ensuring excellence in education across various areas of healthcare provision.

Vision
CHUCB is a unit of the Portuguese National Health Service that positions itself as a modern and innovative hospital unit, being an institution of reference in providing excellent healthcare services to the populations residing in the municipalities of Covilhã, Fundão, Belmonte, and Penamacor.

Principles
Legality, Equality, Proportionality, Collaboration, and Good Faith; Humanism, both in relationships with patients and with coworkers; Respect for human dignity; Quality in action, ensuring the highest levels of service and results; Competence and responsibility.

Values
A patient-centered approach and the promotion of community health, respecting the values of the patient and their family; the culture of technical, scientific, and knowledge excellence as a value to be continuously pursued; the internal culture of multidisciplinary collaboration and positive workplace relationships; and social responsibility, contributing to the optimization of resource use and installed capacity.

Based on its principles and values, which are shared among its collaborators, CHUCB positions itself as a reference institution for the quality of its clinical practices and as an integrated center for care provision and the promotion of skills in health sciences research and education.

The continuous work towards quality aims to contribute to “a reference institution at the regional and national level, for the quality in healthcare provision and its contribution to research and education in the health sector.”