Public Hospitals in Valencia: Which One Is Yours?
Your public hospital in Valencia follows your centro de salud, and your centro de salud follows the residence address registered in SIP. Five health departments cover the city: Clínico, Arnau-Llíria, La Fe, Hospital General and Dr. Peset. Find your health zone below, then read off your hospital.
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Your public hospital depends on where you live: your address sets your centro de salud, and your centro de salud sets your hospital. Get on the padrón first, because the Conselleria first assigns your centre from your padrón registration and the residence address in SIP. The SIP card guide covers the card itself.
Which hospital is yours?
Five health departments cover the city. Look for your centre’s zone below. The list is not complete, so if your zone is missing, ask your centre:
- Department 5, Clínico: Benimaclet, Salvador Pau, Serreria 1 and 2, República Argentina, Trafalgar, Malva-rosa, Nazaret.
- Department 6, Arnau de Vilanova: Benimamet.
- Department 7, La Fe: Campanar, Just Ramirez, Trinitat, Benicalap, Salvador Allende, Juan XXIII.
- Department 9, Hospital General: Nàpoles y Sicilia, Guillem de Castro, Gil y Morte, Pintor Stolz, Virgen de la Fuensanta, San Isidro.
- Department 10, Doctor Peset: Ruzafa, Luis Oliag, Padre Jofré, Plaza Segovia, I.J. Benlloch, Fte San Luís, San Marcelino, Castellar-Oliveral.
Not sure of your zone? Ask the front desk at your centro de salud. If your centre is in the Ruzafa health zone, your hospital is Doctor Peset.
Moving to another zone can change your hospital too. If you arrive from another region or country, the head of the basic health zone may assign you a different centre from the one the map gives you. The GP registration guide covers changing doctor or centre.
Hospital Clínico
Hospital Clínico is the pick for Benimaclet and the sea-side zones. Outpatient clinics are in block E at Avda. Blasco Ibáñez 21; call 96 197 35 00. Its sister site, Hospital La Malva-rosa, is at C/ Isabel de Villena 2, phone 96 192 54 00.
Hospital La Fe
Hospital La Fe is the big one for the north-west. Use the main entrance at Avda. Fernando Abril Martorell 106. Patient information is on +34 961 244 350, Monday to Friday 9:00 to 14:00.
Hospital Doctor Peset
Hospital Doctor Peset serves Ruzafa and the south. It is at Av. Gaspar Aguilar 90, phone +34 96 318 87 00.
Hospital General and Arnau de Vilanova
Hospital General has its own page with a map pin. Arnau de Vilanova answers on 96 197 60 00. For the street address and switchboard of these two, ask your centre or follow the map pin.
What if it is urgent?
Not every urgency needs a hospital door. Go to your health centre first; out of hours, go to your PAC, the out-of-hours care point. Unsure? Call 112 and they send you to the right place.
The emergency guide covers the call, and if you are weighing a private hospital instead, read public vs private healthcare in Spain.
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Step by step
- Get your address registeredRegister on the padrón and in SIP: the Conselleria first assigns your centro de salud from your padrón registration and the residence address in SIP.
- Find your centro de salud and its zoneSIP holds your area, zone, centre and doctor, so ask the front desk which zone yours is.
- Match your zone to a departmentLook your zone up in the table: five departments cover Valencia city, and the department gives you your hospital.
- Save the urgent routeHealth centre first, your PAC outside its hours, and 112 if you are unsure.
Not confirmed: Hospital General street address and switchboard, La Fe switchboard and Arnau street address: not printed on the official pages reached. Some zones of department 7 did not print legibly and are left out. Whether choosing another doctor also moves your hospital: no text found.
Common questions
Which hospital will I be sent to in Valencia?
The one behind your assigned centro de salud. The assigned centre determines your reference hospital and specialist centre, and the Conselleria assigns the centre from your registered residence address. Find your zone in the table to see which department you fall in.
Can I choose my hospital?
Not directly: your assigned centre determines your reference hospital. You can choose a doctor at another centre, but home visits stay with your original centre. People arriving from another region or country may be given a different centre if the head of the basic health zone decides. Ask at the front desk of your centro de salud.
How do I find out my health department?
Ask the front desk of your centro de salud which department it belongs to, then check the table above. Five departments cover Valencia city. SIP records your area, zone, centre and doctor.
Do I need to be on the padrón first?
Yes, in practice. The Conselleria first assigns your centre from your padrón registration and the residence address in SIP. The padrón guide and the SIP card guide cover both steps.
Does moving house change my hospital?
It can. Your centre follows your registered address and your hospital follows your centre, so a move to another zone may change both. Ask your centro de salud to update your address; SIP holds the zone and centre assigned to you.
Where do I go when it is urgent but not life-threatening?
Go to your health centre. Outside its opening hours, go to your PAC (continuing-care point). If you are unsure, call 112 and they tell you precisely the right place for your type of emergency.
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Sources and reader comments
Official legal texts (BOE, DOGV, government portals):
- DOGV 8440 (10 Dec 2018): Decreto 205/2018, de 16 de noviembre, del Consell, por el que se aprueba el mapa sanitario de la Comunitat Valenciana (disposición adicional segunda and anexo) (opens in a new tab)
- GVA.ES procedure sheet 2983 (Conselleria de Sanidad): Solicitud de libre elección de centro o médico/pediatra en el ámbito de atención primaria (archived copy, 2026 snapshot) (opens in a new tab)
- Conselleria de Sanidad (san.gva.es), Sistema de Información Poblacional (SIP) (checked 14 Oct 2026) (opens in a new tab)
- CHGUV (Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de València): Urgencias hospitalarias (opens in a new tab)
- Departamento de Salud Clínico-Malvarrosa (Conselleria de Sanidad): Dónde estamos (opens in a new tab)
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- Departamento de Salud Clínico-Malvarrosa (Conselleria de Sanidad): Teléfonos de interés (opens in a new tab)
- Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe (Conselleria de Sanidad): Contacto y ubicación (opens in a new tab)
- Hospital Universitari Doctor Peset (Conselleria de Sanidad): Teléfonos de contacto (opens in a new tab)
- Hospital Arnau de Vilanova (Conselleria de Sanidad): Teléfonos de interés (opens in a new tab)
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