The Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina in Barcelona

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🇪🇸  Treatment in Barcelona

Barcelona is in Catalonia. Its private clinics are licensed or registered by the Department of Health of the Government of Catalonia; it also publishes a list of them.

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Not medical advice. Whether a treatment is right for you is a decision to take with a doctor or dentist who has examined you. We never rank, review or recommend clinics in Barcelona.

Region

Catalonia

Airport

BCN

Time zone

UTC+1

EU rules

Yes

Who licenses clinics in Barcelona

Barcelona is in Catalonia (Catalunya).

Regional authority

Department of Health of the Government of Catalonia

Departament de Salut de la Generalitat de Catalunya

Grants the authorisation to build, open, move or substantially change a health centre or service; dental clinics, aesthetic medicine centres and medical consultations have their own procedures.

Regional register

Authorised health centres, services and establishments in Catalonia

The Department of Health's search of centres authorised today: by name or code, municipality, street or postcode, centre type, services and procedures.

Check a clinic or a doctor in Barcelona

The national registers for Spain cover Barcelona too:

Doctors

General Council of Medical Colleges: register of doctors (Registro de Colegiados)

Search by name and first surname, or by collegiate number: lists doctors registered and authorised to practise in Spain.

Dentists

General Council of Dentists: search of registered dentists

Search a dentist to check they are registered with a dental college.

Clinics

Ministry of Health: general register of health centres (REGCESS)

Lists centres, services and establishments authorised by the regional health authorities.

Getting there

Most patients fly into Barcelona (BCN).

Estimated flight time
FromEstimated flight
United Kingdomabout 1.9 h
Irelandabout 2.4 h
Germanyabout 1.9 h
Franceabout 0.8 h
United Statesabout 8.2 h
Canadaabout 7.9 h
Australiaabout 18.2 h

Straight-line estimate from the nearest main airport (800 km/h plus 30 minutes), not a timetable: connections add time.

Treatments in Spain

Sources

Next review due 9 May 2027.