Need an English-speaking doctor in Suances?
Speak directly to an English-speaking doctor by video or telephone from anywhere in Suances. Medical help from €25
- English-speaking doctor
- Video or telephone consultation
- Appointments often available in around 10 minutes
- Approved prescriptions emailed for use at Spanish pharmacies
- Laboratory services available across Spain when clinically needed
Two ways we can help:
Choose the service that matches your situation, then see exactly what happens next.
Online doctor consultation
Speak to an English-speaking doctor by secure video or telephone about a symptom, illness or medical concern.
- Medical assessment in English
- Treatment and safety advice
- Prescription by email when appropriate
Fast scheduled care: appointments are often available within around 10 minutes.
Book online
Select video or telephone and an available time.
Doctor consultation
Discuss symptoms, history, allergies and medication.
Prescription
If clinically appropriate, it is sent by email.
Pharmacy
Present it at a Spanish pharmacy in Suances.
Repeat or lost prescription
Request a doctor’s review when regular medication has been lost, forgotten or has run out while you are in Spain. The medicine name, dosage and supporting evidence are required.
Not available through this service: morphine-based and other controlled medicines, including morphine, fentanyl, MST Continus, Oramorph, MXL, oxycodone and hydromorphone.
Book online
Select the repeat-prescription service and a time.
Doctor review
If approved, it is usually emailed within one hour of the appointment time.
Pharmacy
Present the prescription at a Spanish pharmacy.
Travel insurance: how pay-and-claim works
A simple pay-and-claim process
For a straightforward one-off consultation, most travel insurers do not arrange the appointment directly with us. You normally pay Costa Medical Services first, then make a claim.
- 1Pay for your consultation
The online medical consultation costs €39.
- 2Keep your documents
We can provide a receipt and, when issued, you can retain a copy or photograph of the prescription.
- 3Send them to your insurer
Submit the documents after your consultation or when you return home. Reimbursement depends on your policy.
Medical help wherever you are staying
Join your appointment from a hotel, apartment or home anywhere in Suances. Speak in English, understand the next step and receive your prescription by email when clinically appropriate.
See appointment timesFind your island or local area
Select an island to find English-speaking online medical information for its main towns and resorts.
Doctor in Tenerife
Doctor in Gran Canaria
Doctor in Lanzarote
Doctor in Fuerteventura
Also available online from La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Graciosa.
Medical help in English while you are in the Canary Islands
A real medical conversation, in English
Explain what has happened and ask questions in English, without a language barrier.
- Speak directly with a doctorBy secure video or telephone.
- Dr Ben Harry CleggLeads the medical service for Spain.
- Nurse Susan TaylorSupports patient communication and coordination.
Health information and services
Health information and services
Direct links to the most useful English-language sections.
Medical help while you are in Suances
Online care from your accommodation, with coordinated laboratory testing when the clinical assessment shows it is needed.
Care across Suances and Cantabria
Visitors and residents can join from a home, hotel or holiday accommodation across Suances, Reocín, Torrelavega, Piélagos, Santa Cruz de Bezana. The online service provides a scheduled consultation in English by video or telephone.
When the doctor identifies a need for blood, urine, stool or another laboratory investigation, the team explains the appropriate next step and can coordinate testing through the nationwide laboratory pathway.
Meet the medical team
English-speaking doctors and patient-support staff working together across Spain.
Dr Ben Harry Clegg
Leads Costa Medical Services’ English-speaking clinical service in Spain.
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What our patients say
Connected laboratory services across mainland Spain
When testing is clinically appropriate, the team can coordinate the next step through Costa Medical Services’ collaboration with Eurofins Análisis Clínicos.
LABORATORY COLLABORATION
More than 160 collection centres across Spain · find the most suitable option for the requested testSamples and clinical testsBlood sampling and appropriate urine, stool or other laboratory investigations can be arranged according to the clinical request.
Selected home-testing optionsFor eligible tests, Eurofins offers kits delivered to the patient with instructions and sample collection or return arrangements.
Need medical help in Suances?
Video or telephone consultation · fixed fee €39.