Health care

All students are obliged to have health insurance to cover any medical costs incurred during their stay. This is a legal requirement for all temporary and permanent residents in The Netherlands.

We strongly advise you to register with a GP (‘huisarts’ in Dutch) in Leiden or The Hague while you are studying here. GPs can only see you for a consultation if you are registered with them. You also need a GP for a referral to a hospital or specialist. You can only go to a hospital without a referral from a GP in emergency situations. If you are registered at a GP and have either an AON or EHIC insurance, you do not have to pay for your health care in advance.

 Registering with a doctor

Leiden

We recommend the GP practice below; they accept new patients and have experience with international students.

Huisartsenpraktijk Boshuizen

A. Noordewierlaan 58

2324 KT Leiden

071 531 0047

 info@praktijkboshuizen.nl

The Hague

We recommend the GP practices below for students living in the centre of The Hague and near railway station The Hague Centraal or Hollands Spoor. They accept new patients and have experience with international students. You can register as a patient via their website or in person.

Biking+Doctors

Babylon Hotel

Bezuidenhoutseweg 53, 2594 AC The Hague

070 808 0300

 biking+doctors

 info@bikingdoctors.nl

Praktijk Shams

Stationsweg 107 2h, 2515 BL The Hague

070 380 0661

 Praktijk Shams

The hospitals in The Hague are:

E HMC Westeinde (in city centre): Lijnbaan 21, The Hague

E HagaZiekenhuis Leyweg: Leyweg 275, The Hague

E HMC Bronovo: Bronovolaan 5, The Hague

Emergency

The emergency telephone number in the Netherlands (ambulance, police, fire service) is 112. If you need to contact the police but it is not an emergency you can call 0900-8844.

If there is an urgent situation outside office hours and you require immediate assistance from a doctor you can contact the ‘out-of-hours doctor’s post’ (in Dutch called “Huisartsenpost”). By ‘urgent situation’ is meant serious medical complaints, illness or injury for which treatment cannot be delayed. Out-of-hours doctor’s post in The Hague: 070-346 96 69.