IBD centres in Spain
12 hospitals with a dedicated service for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Listed alphabetically by city — not ranked.
Badalona
Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
A multidisciplinary inflammatory bowel disease unit within the digestive system service and the first IBD unit in the Catalan Health Institute hospitals to receive accreditation (2018), reaccredited at the highest level in 2021 and 2024. Its team is dedicated to inflammatory diseases.
Barcelona
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
An inflammatory bowel disease unit within the Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, caring for roughly 2,500 patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. It offers continuous care combining in-person consultations with telephone support where patients can leave messages and be called back. The unit is certified with excellence as a comprehensive IBD care unit.
Barcelona
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
A national and international reference centre for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Care is multidisciplinary and coordinated across gastroenterology, digestive surgery, radiology and pathology, and the unit monitors over 2,500 patients. Its team includes two clinical nurses specialised in IBD.
1 named clinician
Granada
Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio
A unit for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis that says it currently cares for more than 1,500 patients. Gastroenterologists work alongside an IBD nurse, designated surgeons and specialised radiologists. Patients can be seen in person or remotely, at a booked time or on demand, and can contact the unit by phone or email on weekdays from 8:00 to 15:00. The unit takes part in national and international studies and runs workshops for patients and families on diet, physical activity and stress.
Madrid
Hospital Universitario La Paz
A referral unit managing over 1,500 patients with inflammatory bowel disease, mainly Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. It provides patient-centred multidisciplinary care with advanced diagnostics including intestinal ultrasound, endoscopy and endoanal ultrasound. Services include daily medical and nursing consultations, a day hospital, telephone consultations and same-day urgent appointments.
Madrid
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
A unit of gastroenterologists and specialised nurses that manages Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis together. Patients are followed in medical and nursing consultations, with blood and stool tests before each visit, and the unit asks to be told directly about flares, medication doubts or side effects, pregnancy, a new diagnosis or an operation. The hospital's page says the unit was certified at the excellent level by GETECCU in 2017 and recertified in 2024.
Madrid
Hospital Universitario de La Princesa
An IBD unit within La Princesa's gastroenterology service. Its team does clinical work, research and teaching, and it works with general surgery, dermatology, rheumatology and other services to treat the whole patient. The unit runs dedicated IBD clinics and a nursing clinic, and it coordinates and takes part in research studies on the causes, diagnosis and new treatments of IBD. The gastroenterology service is a Comunidad de Madrid reference centre for complex IBD.
2 named clinicians
Majadahonda (Madrid)
Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda
A unit for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis that says it cares for 1,985 patients and runs more than 4,000 consultations a year. It brings together five gastroenterologists, five colorectal surgeons, a rheumatologist, two dermatologists, a radiologist, hospital pharmacologists, two specialised nurses, a research coordinator and a psychologist, and it holds a weekly multidisciplinary meeting on complex cases. The unit's gastroenterologists do their own patients' endoscopies. Its nurses teach self-administered treatments, adjust some treatments and keep patients in touch with the unit by phone and email.
8 named clinicians
Manresa
Fundació Althaia — Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa
An integrated-practice unit for patients with inflammatory bowel disease, mainly Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Gastroenterology, general surgery, radiology and pathology work in it together. Rheumatology, dermatology, paediatrics, nutrition, psychology, pharmacy, the day hospital, the emergency department and primary care are linked to it. Its stated aims are to coordinate care inside and outside the hospital, speed patients' access through the care pathway and follow their progress and treatment, alongside IBD research and teaching.
Pamplona
Hospital Universitario de Navarra (HUN) — Servicio de Aparato Digestivo
An IBD unit within the gastroenterology section of the Hospital Universitario de Navarra's digestive service. The service describes it as dedicated to the care and monitoring of patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. It sees them as outpatients, through a dedicated clinic, the day hospital and remote care, and as inpatients.
Santander
Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla
A specialised unit for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis within Valdecilla's gastroenterology service, which says it currently cares for more than 2,000 patients. It has its own medical and IBD nursing consultation rooms, runs clinical trials, and publishes patient information and a telemedicine area on its site. The unit's page says it has been certified by the Fundación Ad Qualitatem against GETECCU's quality indicators for comprehensive IBD care units.
5 named clinicians
Valencia
Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe
An accredited IBD unit within the digestive medicine service caring for more than 2,400 registered patients. It manages immunosuppressive and biologic therapies, complex perianal disease alongside colorectal surgeons, granulocytoapheresis, vaccination and intravenous biologic administration, and paediatric transition care. It runs a specialised IBD nursing consultation offering education and remote management by phone and email.
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