If you know your CIP number and control number (in a box on the back) which are on your medical card (and provided you are properly registered with a Spanish GP), then you can make an appointment on the internet click on this link to make an appointment
Or you can ‘phone 012 seven days a week to make an appointment with your GP, when you get through a recorded voice will speak giving you options, when it pauses then press “one” on your telephone.
You may get straight through to a human being, or you may get another recorded message which is saying that the operators are occupied and you should hold the line. This can be repeated several times depending on how busy they are.
The voice will change and you should hear someone introduce themselves by name, ending up with the phrase ( all of the Spanish here is reproduced phonetically in block capitals) EN KAY PWEYDOH EYE-OOO-DAR-LAY? ¿En que puedo ayudarle? (HOW CAN I HELP YOU)
You Say “OONAH SEE-TAH ENN “YOUR TOWN” POR FAVOR” Una cita en ——– por favor (AN APPOINTMENT AT YOUR TOWN PLEASE)
They say nombre (NAME) EEE – APPLE – YEEDOS? apellidos (NAME AND SURNAMES)
You say your name and surname and it´s useful to say SOLO EYE OON APPLE –YEEDO KAY ESS Solo hay un apellido que es (I ONLY HAVE ONE SURNAME)
They say FET-CHA DAY NASS-EE-ME-EN-TOH? ¿Fecha de nacimiento? (DATE OF BIRTH)
See the phonetic guide below as to how to say this
They then confirm your first name, and the name of your doctor,
Say “Si” if they have got it right.
They Say CON-SULE-TAH PRESENTS-IAL OH TEL-EF-OH-NO Consulta presencial o telefono (PHYSICAL OR TELEPHONECONSULTATION )
You choose which you want
They then tell you the date and time of your appointment
Working days of the week
Lunes – LOO – NAYS – Monday
Martes – MAR – TAYS – Tuesday
Miercoles – MEE -AIR -COLL -AYS -Wednesday
Jueves – HWEY- VEZ – Thursday
Viernes – VEE- ERR-NAYS – Friday
Months
Enero – EN-AIR-OH -January
Febrero- FEB-RARE-OH- February
Marzo- MAR-ZO -March
Abril- AB-RILL- April
Mayo- MAY-OH -May
Junio- WHO-KNEE-OH- June
Julio- WHO-LEE-OH -July
Agosto- AH-GOS-TOH -August
Septiembre- SEP-TEE-EM-BRAY -September
Octubre- OC-TOO-BRAY- October
Noviembre- NO-VEE-EM-BRAY- November
Diciembre- DISS-EE-EM-BRAY- December
Date
Dia – DEE-AH (This literally means day, but the way to say a date in Spanish, for the purposes of your appointment, is to say
“Lunes día veinte de Septiembre” LOO -NAYS DEE-AH BEN-TAY DAY SEP-TEE-EM-BRAY – Literally – Monday the twentieth day of September.
| 1 | OO-NO | 11 | ON-SAY | 21 | VEN-TEA-OO-NO | ||
| 2 | DOSS | 12 | DOSS-SAY | 22 | VEN-TEA-DOSS | ||
| 3 | TRAYS | 13 | TREH-SAY | 23 | VEN-TEA-TRES | ||
| 4 | KWAT-RO | 14 | CAT-OR-SAY | 24 | VEN-TEA-KWAT-RO | ||
| 5 | SINK-OH | 15 | KIN-SAY | 25 | VEN-TEA-SINK-OH | ||
| 6 | SAY-EESE | 16 | DISSY-SAYS | 26 | VEN-TEA-SAY-EESE | ||
| 7 | SEE-YET-EH | 17 | DISSY-SEE-YET-TAY | 27 | VEN-TEA-SEE-YET-TAY | ||
| 8 | OH-CHO | 18 | DISSY-OH-CHO | 28 | VEN-TEA-OTCH-CO | ||
| 9 | NWAY-VEH | 19 | DISSY-NWAY-VEH | 29 | VEN-TEA-NWAY-VEH | ||
| 10 | DEE-EZ | 20 | VEN-TEA | 30 | TREN-TAH | ||
| 31 | TREN-TAH-EE-OO-NO |
Year
Mil novecientos y MEAL NO-VEE-SEE-EN-TOSS EEEE – nineteen hundred OR Dos mil DOSS MEAL two thousand and :
| VEINTE | Treinta | Cuarenta | Cincuenta | Sesent | Setenta | Ochenta | Noventa |
| BEN-TAY | TREN-TAH | KWAR-EN-TAH | SIN-KWEN-TAH | SESS-EN-TAH | SET-EN-TAH | OTCH-EN-TAH | NOV-EN-TAH |
| 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 |
y – EEE – and
| 1 | OO-NO |
| 2 | DOSS |
| 3 | TRAYS |
| 4 | KWAT-RO |
| 5 | SINK-OH |
| 6 | SAY-EESE |
| 7 | SEE-YET-EH |
| 8 | OH-CHO |
| 9 | NWAY-VEH |
Example: Veinte de Septiembre de mil novecientos sesenta y dos BEN-TAY DAY SEP-TEE-EM-BRAY DAY MEAL NO-VEE-SEE-EN-TOSS SAY-SEN-TAH EEEE DOSS – 20/9/1972