Health and Medical
An obvious concern for people moving to Tenerife from the UK is about the quality of health care. Is it better to go private? Is the standard of care on par with the UK? What happens if you need to see a doctor but don’t speak English?
Visiting the Doctor
Visiting the Doctor Speaking Spanish at the clinic in Tenerife When you consider the lengths that the UK has gone to in order to ensure that practically every one and their Aunty living in the UK can be spoken to in their native tongue, some expats find it a bit...
Dentists in Arona, Tenerife
Nothing can ruin a sunny day in Tenerife faster than a toothache. If one strikes when you are in Las Americas, Los Cristianos, Costa Del Silencio, Las Galltas or elsewhere in Arona, who you gonna call?
Tenerife Blood Test (or Mayhem at Mahon)
Tenerife Blood Test (or mayhem at Mahon) Nowadays, getting a blood test at Mahon is relatively painless. The nurse at the door already has a list of everybody who has a blood test appointment and calls out your name when your turn rolls round. It is not as stressful...
Tenerife Doctor’s Appointment and Electronic Prescriptions
I have posted about this before but just want to remind expat residents in Tenerife that there is a way to book your social security Tenerife doctor's appointment's online. Called Cita Previa it requires only that you have your social security on hand when you visit...
Tenerife Health – Candelaria Hospital
> Living in Tenerife > Health, Hospitals, Medicine If you are in the social health system in Tenerife, chances are that at some point you or a loved one may be shipped off to Candelaria to mend broken bones, jump start a failing heart or give birth to a...
Sun Cream or Sun Scream
Ouchies! With one member of a currently visiting branch of the family suffering from ’sun scream’ it seems appropriate to pass on some advice I received recently from a dermatologist. Though I am not pale-skinned, my skin is fairer than the typical Spanish/Latino skin...
Home Remedies for Common Ailments
Tenerife Holiday - Home Remedies There is nothing worse than going on holiday and falling sick, is there? Medical care in Tenerife is really very good and the hospitals do provide English and German translators (you´ll find a list of hospital numbers on the Quick Tips...
In the Event of a Death in Tenerife
What to expect if your loved one dies in Tenerife. Information and downloads to assist in dealing with who to contact, death and cremation or repatriation of a loved one.
Kids to the Clinic in Tenerife
I’m in trouble with Dr. Deadpan again. I don’t know what it is about my kids’ current paediatrician. Either he doesn’t like kids or he doesn’t like mothers. Either way, it is quite likely he would be happier in another profession where he didn’t have to deal with...