Most specialist can be visited ONLY with a referral that you get after consulting with your GP.
On the other hand, you can directly approach the following specialists with no referral:
- Ear-nose-throat specialists
- Ophthalmologists
- Urologists
- Gynecologists
- Surgery
- Lung screening once a year if your age is above 40
- Dermatologists
These specialists are mostly located in one central state clinic in each district. Regardless of having a referral or not, you need to make an appointment, which can do on the phone(though there is a chance they won’t speak English), or personally at the reception desk. We recommend visiting the reception personally, as there is always at least one English-speaking staff there, and they need to register some of your personal details data. To book an appointment, you will always need your TAJ-card, residence permit and your addresscard, plus the referral from the GP, if necessary.
District 6 and 7: Terézvárosi Egészségügyi Szolgálat (TESZ): 1074 Budapest, Csengery u. 25. (http://tesz.co.hu)