General Practitioner
A general practitioner (GP) is called a 'huisarts' in Dutch. A general practitioner can be found via the on-line yellow pages under the heading of 'Doctor - General Practitioner'. Call the practice to ask whether they are accepting new patients (each practice has a maximum number of patients that they are allowed to see). Another option would be to contact your health insurance agency to request a list of practices that are accepting new patients.
A general practioner can be consulted by appointments which can be made by phone or in person during consultation hours. Approximately ten minutes are allowed per patient. It is possible to ask for a double appointment in advance if you feel that this will be necessary. House calls are kept to a minimum. The costs for a consultation are approximately €27,00. You will have to pay this amount of in cash, but you can claim the expenses back from your insurance company.
For international students, we advise the following three GP's:
WMW Huisartsen
Address: Conservatoriumlaan 60, 5037 DT Tilburg
Tel: +31 13 46 70 784 / +31 13 46 86 868 / +31 46 81 353
E-mail: assistentewijffels@wmwhuisartsen.nl
Consulting hours: Our practice is open on Monday to Friday from 8 am to 5 pm, but we kindly ask you to call before 12 noon. In case of emergency you can call the same number and ONLY in case of a life threatening event always call the national emergency number: 112.
For more information, visit the website.
Dr. Wouts
Address:Tuinstraat 85, 5038 DB Tilburg
Tel: +31 (0) 13 – 5423225
Consulting hours: Monday – Friday 8 am -9:30 am (without an appointment)
Afternoons by appointment only (Closed on Thursday afternoon)
For more information, visit the website.
Dr. Hilbink
Address: Korvelplein 10, 5025 JN Tilburg
Tel: +31 (0) 13 – 5420505
By appointment only
General rules:
- Sometimes it is not possible to make an appointment on the same day; in that case you will need to make an appointment on a later date.
- If you have made an appointment and you decide not to come, or you are not able to come, please cancel your appointment!!
- Please do not call the emergency number unless there is a real emergency (a life threatening event).
- If you call outside office hours, you may be referred to another practitioner, who we don't have an agreement with.
- You might be asked to pay for the consult. You can claim these expenses from your health insurance.
- Make sure your health insurance is in order!!
If, only in case of an emergency and only outside office hours of the GP's, you should need a general practitioner outside office hours, you should contact the 'Centrale Huisartsenpost'. About 100 general practitioners work together to guarantee medical care at night, the weekend, and on official holidays.
Please mind: for calling the 'Centrale Huisartsenpost' you pay at least €25 ; for a consultation at least ¤50. You only get a consultation if it is really urgent. So always first contact a GP in your neighbourhood or the above mentioned GP's.
You must first call: 0900 - 332 2222 (€25)
Visiting address:
Lage Witsiebaan 2a
5042 DA Tilburg
Study delay
If you want financial support* due to study delay caused by illness, then you need to be able to present a written medical statement. Not all doctors are willing to cooperate. In that case, you can ask for a declaration of a non treating doctor. He might charge you with the costs for this.
* Please note: you can only request for financial support when you are delayed while receiving a Dutch study grant from the IB-Group.