How to Check a Clinic in Lithuania

To check a clinic in Lithuania, look it up on the licence register of VASPVT, the state body that licenses healthcare providers, and then look up your surgeon on the same body's register of individual specialists. Both searches are public and free; the site is in Lithuanian.

When we checked in July 2026, we found the named surgeons of six Lithuanian clinics we hold on the specialist register (checked 20 July 2026). This guide shows where to look, what the registers can and can't tell you, the questions to send the clinic and what to agree before you pay a deposit.

Which official registers apply in Lithuania

What the registers show, and what they don't

The licence registers show whether a clinic holds a licence to provide healthcare and whether an individual doctor holds a current licence, with their qualification. That covers the two questions people most often ask: is this a real, licensed clinic, and is this surgeon licensed for this work?

They do not show outcomes, complication rates, how many operations a surgeon does, or reviews. No public register can tell you whether an operation will go well.

How to check a clinic in Lithuania, step by step

1. Get the clinic's legal name from your quote or invoice details. The brand name on the website can differ.
2. Search the institution licence register for that name and note the licence details.
3. Ask the clinic for your surgeon's full name in writing.
4. Search the specialist licence register by surname. Check the licence is current and the qualification matches your operation (an orthopaedic surgeon is listed as "gydytojas ortopedas traumatologas").
5. If the clinic claims an accreditation, look it up in the accrediting body's own directory, and write down what you found and the date.

Questions to ask the clinic in writing

1. What is your legal name and licence number, and does the licence cover the building where I will be treated?
2. Who will operate on me, and what is their licence number?
3. What does the price include: nights, rehab sessions, transfers, the implant?
4. When will you consider me fit to fly home, and will you give me a letter saying so?
5. What do you do, and who pays, if I have a problem after I am back in the UK?

What a deposit commits you to

Clinics often ask for a deposit to hold a date. Before you pay one, ask for its terms in writing:

• How much it is, and whether it comes off the final bill.
• Whether you get it back if you cancel, and up to what date.
• What happens if the clinic moves your date or your named surgeon or dentist changes.
• Which company takes the money. It should match the name on the register.
• Whether paying it commits you to the whole treatment plan, or only to the first appointment.

Pay by a method that gives you some protection, and keep every message and receipt.

If something goes wrong

Start with the clinic: write to them, keep their reply and ask for your records. If your concern is about a doctor or a clinic's licence, VASPVT is the body that issues the licences. Ask the clinic for its complaints procedure in writing before you book, so you know the route in advance.

At home, the NHS is not liable for negligence or failure of treatment abroad (NHS guidance, checked 6 October 2026). If you have chest pain or are short of breath after surgery, call 999; for other worries, NHS 111 or your GP (NHS, reviewed 30 April 2026). Keep copies of every record, scan and receipt from the clinic.

Clinics we hold in Lithuania

Each has a free summary page with the register entry we found and the date we checked it.

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This guide is general information, not medical advice.

Written by Saher Shodhan

Saher Shodhan is the founder of Thera Travel, which publishes what the official records show about clinics abroad, each fact with the date it was checked, and answers patients' enquiries, free. More about Thera → How we write and check our guides →