Hospital Recoletas Salud Palencia is a private hospital in Palencia with a broader clinical set-up than a small outpatient centre, bringing urgent care, surgery, diagnostics and specialist follow-up together in one established site. Recoletas says the hospital offers more than 30 medical specialties and has expanded its local offer with both a women’s unit and an ophthalmology institute, alongside 24-hour urgent care, diagnostic imaging, laboratory support, two operating theatres and a post-anaesthetic recovery unit. That makes it a practical option for patients who want private hospital-based assessment and treatment in Palencia without needing to travel to a larger city for many routine tests or specialist reviews.
Services include:
The full list of services can be found below under the map.
Opening hours:
- Urgent care: open 24 hours a day
- Nursing: 08:00 to 22:00
- Blood tests: 08:00 to 12:00 by prior appointment
- Results collection: 08:00 to 22:00
- Planned appointments and specialist services: hours vary by department
24-hour services:
- Urgent care
- Hospital admission support
- Urgent diagnostic imaging and laboratory support
Getting there:
By car: The hospital is on Avenida Simon Nieto, in a part of Palencia that is easier to reach by car or taxi than a tighter old-centre location. Its setting works well for patients coming from the wider city as well as from nearby approach roads on the eastern side of Palencia.
By train: The hospital is close to the Palencia station area, so it can also be practical for patients arriving by rail and then completing the final stretch on foot or by a short taxi journey.
Local access: The site is near the Rio Carrion side of the city and sits in a fairly open urban corridor rather than in a narrow historic street. That usually makes repeat appointments, family visits and short drop-offs more manageable than at denser central locations.
Nearby pharmacy:
Farmacia Correos
Helpful links:
How GP and primary care cover work with Sanitas in Spain
Quick guide to Sanitas health insurance in Spain
Page last reviewed: March 2026
