Patient portal
SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital is a centre specialised in children's healthcare up to 18 years old and pregnant women. If you reside outside of Spain, when you arrive at our hospital, our International Services team will accompany you to assist you in anything that you may need.
How to get a medical appointment or treatment at SJD?
Before arranging an appointment at SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital, our medical team must assess the case. To do this the Healthcare for international patients form must be completed.
Our International Patients Department will contact you to ask for the current medical report and additional tests (imaging, analyses, etc.) You may also send us any audiovisual document (photo or video) that shows the patient's current condition.
It is very important that the reports and test results are recent for our specialists to appropriately assess each case.
Following evaluation by our medical team, which may take between three to five days, we will send you a detailed treatment proposal and an economic assessment.
Visit Process
We aim to make your stay as pleasant as possibleBefore your stayAfter receiving your request, we contact you to complete the necessary information and inform you about the treatment options for your health problem.
More informationVisit ProcessBefore your stay
After receiving your request, we contact you to complete the necessary information and inform you about the treatment options for your health problem.
- Information in advance: After receiving your request, we contact you to complete the necessary information and inform you about the treatment options for your health problem. We assign you to one of our Case Managers who will advise you throughout the entire process until your arrival at our centre.
- Case study and personalised treatment plan: Your medical case file is studied by our specialists, or by a multidisciplinary team if necessary. We prepare a detailed personalised treatment plan and estimated quote (in Spanish, English, French, or Russian).
- Pre-travel arrangements: If you accept, we will start the procedures for your admission to the hospital. We help you to obtain a visa if you need one, with a letter addressed to the Spanish consulate in your country and always in accordance with current legislation. We also offer you advice on booking accommodation, airport transfers and other complementary services you may require. We start scheduling tests and visits, which will be assisted by an interpreter if necessary.
During your stayWhile your son or daughter is hospitalized, we will always be by your side to resolve any situation or query.
More informationVisit ProcessDuring your stay
While your son or daughter is hospitalized, we will always be by your side to resolve any situation or query.
- Reception at the Hospital: The International Services team will receive you personally upon arrival at the Hospital.
- Personalised care at the Hospital: Upon your arrival at the hospital, you will be welcomed by your Patient Manager, who will accompany you throughout your treatment and oversee the comprehensive care plan, both medically and logistically. Our PMs speak Spanish, English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Polish and Russian. If necessary, we will provide an interpreting service to accompany you to scheduled consultations and tests.
- Facilities to keep your child close: You can be with your child for the majority of the care process: during anaesthesia, before surgery and in the ICU (accessible 24/7). Our rooms are single rooms with a bed for a family member.
- Reducing the impact of hospitalisation: Musical therapy, clowns, Child Life, volunteers, dog-assisted therapy, school for children, spiritual care, mobile library, WIFI internet connection, play areas...
After your stayOnce in your home country, we offer support to answer any questions you may have.
More informationVisit ProcessAfter your stay
Once in your home country, we offer support to answer any questions you may have.
- Discharge preparation: We provide you with a copy of all exams and the medical report translated into English or Spanish. We advise you on the pharmacological treatments recommended by the medical team to help you find them in your country. We advise you on the pharmacological treatments prescribed by the medical team so that you can follow the treatment in your country and we help you with the purchase of suitable medical equipment. If required, we can organise your transfer to the airport by taxi or ambulance.
- Remote care: Once in your home country, we offer support to answer any questions you may have. We can monitor the patient's progress together with your doctor in the country of origin to help your recovery. We organise, if you wish, video follow-up visits with your referring doctor and help you plan your return to our centre for follow-up visits.
After receiving your request, we contact you to complete the necessary information and inform you about the treatment options for your health problem.
Before your stay
After receiving your request, we contact you to complete the necessary information and inform you about the treatment options for your health problem.
- Information in advance: After receiving your request, we contact you to complete the necessary information and inform you about the treatment options for your health problem. We assign you to one of our Case Managers who will advise you throughout the entire process until your arrival at our centre.
- Case study and personalised treatment plan: Your medical case file is studied by our specialists, or by a multidisciplinary team if necessary. We prepare a detailed personalised treatment plan and estimated quote (in Spanish, English, French, or Russian).
- Pre-travel arrangements: If you accept, we will start the procedures for your admission to the hospital. We help you to obtain a visa if you need one, with a letter addressed to the Spanish consulate in your country and always in accordance with current legislation. We also offer you advice on booking accommodation, airport transfers and other complementary services you may require. We start scheduling tests and visits, which will be assisted by an interpreter if necessary.
While your son or daughter is hospitalized, we will always be by your side to resolve any situation or query.
During your stay
While your son or daughter is hospitalized, we will always be by your side to resolve any situation or query.
- Reception at the Hospital: The International Services team will receive you personally upon arrival at the Hospital.
- Personalised care at the Hospital: Upon your arrival at the hospital, you will be welcomed by your Patient Manager, who will accompany you throughout your treatment and oversee the comprehensive care plan, both medically and logistically. Our PMs speak Spanish, English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Polish and Russian. If necessary, we will provide an interpreting service to accompany you to scheduled consultations and tests.
- Facilities to keep your child close: You can be with your child for the majority of the care process: during anaesthesia, before surgery and in the ICU (accessible 24/7). Our rooms are single rooms with a bed for a family member.
- Reducing the impact of hospitalisation: Musical therapy, clowns, Child Life, volunteers, dog-assisted therapy, school for children, spiritual care, mobile library, WIFI internet connection, play areas...
Once in your home country, we offer support to answer any questions you may have.
After your stay
Once in your home country, we offer support to answer any questions you may have.
- Discharge preparation: We provide you with a copy of all exams and the medical report translated into English or Spanish. We advise you on the pharmacological treatments recommended by the medical team to help you find them in your country. We advise you on the pharmacological treatments prescribed by the medical team so that you can follow the treatment in your country and we help you with the purchase of suitable medical equipment. If required, we can organise your transfer to the airport by taxi or ambulance.
- Remote care: Once in your home country, we offer support to answer any questions you may have. We can monitor the patient's progress together with your doctor in the country of origin to help your recovery. We organise, if you wish, video follow-up visits with your referring doctor and help you plan your return to our centre for follow-up visits.
Why SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital and Barcelona?
We are here to help youExperts in the health of children and pregnant womenOur success rates place us among the best in the world in high-complexity diseases in children and pregnant women.
At the forefront of pediatric careWe are a group of more than 600 professionals of all pediatric specialties trained at the world's best hospitals.
We apply the latest advances in researchWe treat our patients with the latest scientific advances and develop new, more effective and less aggressive therapies.
Design and comfort to humanise carePaediatric facilities, private rooms and accompaniment to reduce the impact of disease and treatment on children and their families.
Our success rates place us among the best in the world in high-complexity diseases in children and pregnant women.
We are a group of more than 600 professionals of all pediatric specialties trained at the world's best hospitals.
We treat our patients with the latest scientific advances and develop new, more effective and less aggressive therapies.
Paediatric facilities, private rooms and accompaniment to reduce the impact of disease and treatment on children and their families.
Patients seen
Emergencies
Annual surgical procedures
Beds
Countries of origin of our patients
International patients we have taken care of
Data of 2022
Specialties and services
We are experts in the health of children and pregnant women, with success rates that place us among the best in the world in high-complexity diseases in children and pregnant women.
Specialties
We are a national and international reference centre in the provision of healthcare and conducting research into pediatric cancer.
We are specialists in bone marrow translpants in children.
Our experts treat all types of cardiac diseases of childhood and adolescence.
We are the reference hospital for the treatment of paediatric arrhythmias and familiar cardiopathies in Spain.
We are specialists in pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology. We treat complex conditions of the locomotor system.
We prevent, diagnose and treat disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system in children and adolescents.
We are a reference centre for the diagnosis and treatment of drug-refractory epilepsy.
SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital makes leaps forward in the treatment and research of rare diseases.
We use pioneering treatments and treat all neuromuscular diseases, particularly Duchenne muscular dystrophy and spinal muscular atrophy
We use personalised therapies to treat metabolic diseases expressed as neurological disorders.
We are a benchmark Hospital on national and international levels in the diagnosis and treatment of children with vision problems.
We conduct genetic and genomic testing to provide diagnoses and genetic counselling to our patients.
We treat kidney problems and anomalies in the urinary tract in children and adolescents with minimally invasive techniques.
We treat all surgical conditions with the most innovative, minimally invasive Pediatric Surgery techniques.
We treat all disorders related with the ear, nose and throat (airway).
Specialised in foetal and neonatal medicine, our Gynaecology and Obstetrics Department looks after all aspects of women’s health.
Pathologies
Treatments
Patient and family experiences
Frequently asked questions
Fortunately, this disease affects children only slightly, which allows our centre, which specialises in maternal and child health, to maintain optimal conditions.
In Barcelona there is a wide range of hotels, apartments and hostels available, and family activities. Our team can recommend you accommodation close to the Hospital and suited to your needs.
We will help you arrange your visa where necessary by writing to the Spanish consulate in your country.
Before arranging an appointment at SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital, our medical team must assess the case. To do this the Healthcare for international patients form must be completed.
The language of communication with the medical team may be Spanish or English. The Hospital may provide traslations service in other languages.
We treat patients with highly complex disorders from all over the world
Why come to Barcelona?
Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, a region with one of the best healthcare systems in the world and some of the best success rates in complex procedures. Also it is one of the leading European regions in biomedicine and contributes 3.15% of European scientific production. Its airport is connected to 193 cities in 5 continents. More than 20,000 patients from all over the world visit Barcelona each year.
