Most of the provinces have drafter requisites for making an application to buy into the NHS for healthcare. This information including details from the various provinces can be found by searching ‘convenio especial’ on this website.
Unfortunately, the Seguridad Social doesn´t inform those insured for public healthcare, if in their opinion, something in your personal circumstances has changed or needs to be re-confirmed, to guarantee continued entitlement but instead the co
Please consult the link (scroll down to pic with summary of all situations) to check what code corresponds with your situation. Any alterations in your personal situation should be processed automatically. If the correct code does not appear on
in Spain unlike the UK and other European countries, doctors do not have their own surgeries. Each town depending on its size, has one or more Health Centres (Centro de Salud). National Health doctors are based there. Each centre again dependin
The holiday season is here and we are receiving enquiries from holidaymakers who though in possession of the European Health Insurance Card have been invoiced for treatment. The EHIC only covers costs in National Health hospitals or health cent
All citizens who arrive in Spain intending to reside, should within 90 days apply for a registration certificate. To apply one of the requisites is the registration on the town halls register ‘the padron’ (Census).
For those whose pa
If you are paying into the system, either as employee or autonomo/self employed, or through an invoicing cooperative, and have a digital certificate installed on your computer, or have arranged for a Cl@ve Permanente through the INSS or the Tax
All you ever wanted to know on how to access healthcare on the Canary Islands, what is included in Primary Care, what your rights and obligations are in this 44 page pdf file from the Government.
FAQs Healthcare Canarias
