If you are ill and have not registered with a doctor, or if it is weekend or fiesta time
and your usual doctor is not available, go to the nearest Hospital Casualty Department.
They are most helpful and you will always see a doctor fairly promptly.
Take your form E111, form E106 or form E121, your passport or your official Spanish health (SIP) card.
Where necessary, doctors do make home calls; but you need to phone or get a friend to call at the surgery.
E106 - This is for people who have moved permanently to Spain but have not reached pensionable age. Its period of effectiveness
depends on the state of your past National Insurance contributions record.
The period of medical cover commences from the date you leave the UK.
You must however apply and receive your E106 entitlement form before leaving the UK to ensure you are covered and to know what that
cover entitles you to.
The E106 is available from:
The Pension Service,
Tyneview Park,
Medical Benefits,
Newcastle upon Tyne.
NE98 1BA.
Tel 0191 218 7547, Fax 0191 218 7376 or Email tvp.customer_care@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
E121 - Some male expats under pensionable age become eligible for medical cover as dependants on their wife reaching
pensionable age. For details contact the above address
Note - If you are coming to live in Spain (even if just visiting but suffer from a particular illness), it is sensible to have a resume of your
medical history translated into Spanish, in particular detailing any specific illnesses, drugs required or allergies.
It is most sensible to have the basic bilingual details in writing always carried with you.