Children's healthcare and vaccinations

Overview

Children in Spain have access to dedicated paediatric primary care and a structured national vaccination schedule (calendario vacunal), coordinated nationally but administered by each region.

Requirements

• Children need to be registered for public healthcare (via a parent or guardian's registration) to access this care, or covered by private insurance

Step-by-step process

• Register your child for public healthcare alongside or following your own registration, which assigns them a paediatrician at your local health centre
• Attend scheduled well-child check-ups (revisiones del niño sano), which track growth and development at set intervals
• Follow the regional vaccination schedule, which your health centre will guide you through and track for you
• Contact your assigned paediatrician directly for illness, concerns, or questions, just as you would your own primary-care doctor

Required documents

• Child's health card (once issued)
• Vaccination record from your home country, if your child has already started a vaccination schedule elsewhere

Common mistakes

• Not bringing an existing vaccination record when moving to Spain, which can complicate working out what's still needed
• Assuming the vaccination schedule is identical everywhere in Spain — the core schedule is nationally coordinated, but specific timing and some additional vaccines can vary slightly by region

Practical tips

• Bring your child's existing vaccination records (translated if needed) to your first paediatric appointment, so the local schedule can be aligned rather than restarted
• Well-child checks are a good opportunity to raise any developmental questions or concerns, even minor ones

How Tuchati can help

Tuchati can help you register your child, understand the regional vaccination schedule, and translate any existing medical records.