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How to access state healthcare in Spain

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Healthcare in Spain

State Healthcare in SpainThis website is designed to help guide you to register correctly for state healthcare in Spain. It will make assumptions based on your answers to

questions, but please remember that your final entitlement will be decided by the Spanish and/or UK authorities.

Please click on the answer that applies to you

Are you:

Resident in Spain A temporary visitor to Spain/studying in Spain

How do I decide where I’m resident?

This website is the result of a partnership between the UK Department of Health and the Valencia Health Authority. It is part-funded by the European Commission as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the UK European Health

Insurance Card. All content is the sole responsibility of the authors and the EU Commission is not responsible for any use of the information contained therein.

Residency

You may have problems deciding where you are resident if you spend part of the year in Spain and part

of the year in the UK. It is not necessarily related to being registered at the town hall, or having a residency

certificate. If you are unsure where you are resident, call the Overseas Healthcare Team on

+44 191 218 1999.Click here to go back and start again

Temporary visitor to Spain / Studying in Spain

If you are a citizen of an EEA country you must present your European Health Insurance Card

(EHIC) to the Spanish authorities. This will provide you with all medically necessary

treatment during the course of your stay and includes the treatment and monitoring of ongoing, chronic conditions as long as the treatment can´t wait until you get home.

For more information on the EHIC click here.

Please note that the EHIC is not valid if you are travelling with the express purpose of receiving medical treatment. For more

information on this, please click here.

Click here to go back and start again

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Are you working and making social security contributions in Spain?

Yes No


If you are working and making social security contributions in Spain you can register directly with your health centre, using

your social security number.

Go to the Spanish social security web page

Find your local health centre in the Valencia Community


http://www.seg-social.es/Internet_6/Trabajadores/PrestacionesPension10935/Asistenciasanitaria/index.htm

http://www.san.gva.es/cas/ciud/homeciud.html

Are you in receipt of a state pension or long-term sickness benefit from Spain?

Yes No


If you are in receipt of a pension or long-term sickness benefit from Spain, the INSS will issue you with a document showing the result of your pension or

benefit application. You must present this at your local health centre to access state healthcare.

Find your local health centre


http://www.msc.es/en/oficinaInformacion/home.htm

Are you in receipt of a State Pension or long-term Sickness Benefit from the

UK?

Yes No


http://ukinspain.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/living-in-spain/access-healthcare/healthcare/e121/

Are you a posted worker in Spain?

Yes No


http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/movingabroad/Pages/Workingabroad.aspx

Have you made UK national insurance contributions in the last three years but no longer work?

Yes No


http://ukinspain.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/living-in-spain/access-healthcare/healthcare/#early

Have you been in receipt of Spanish state unemployment benefit/allowance that has now

stopped and you are still under state pension age?

Yes No


http://www.seg-social.es/Internet_6/Trabajadores/PrestacionesPension10935/Asistenciasanitaria/index.htm

Do you hold a Spanish residency certificate issued before 24th April 2012, have no entitlement to

healthcare from the UK and your annual income does not exceed €100,000?

Yes No


In order to get a Spanish health card (tarjeta sanitaria) you will first need to contact the Overseas Health Care Team to get a legislation letter (in Spanish) confirming that the UK no longer gives you or your dependants healthcare coverage. They can be contacted at:

Overseas Healthcare Team (Newcastle)Room TC001

Tyneview ParkWhitley Road

Newcastle upon TyneNE98 1BA

Phone +44 191 218 1999 (Monday to Friday 8am-5pm) Once in receipt of this letter, go to your nearest INSS regional office where they can give

you more information. For your nearest INSS office please click here.

Healthcare as a resident in Spain

If none of these situations apply to you, speak with your local health centre to see if there is a special

scheme you can join or take out private health insurance.


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