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General Practitioner

The first person to contact in the Netherlands for almost all medical assistance is a General Practitioner (GP). In Dutch a GP is called a Huisarts.

Registration

Your first step will be to register with a GP. Please make sure to register with a GP as soon as possible. It can sometimes be difficult to find a GP since not all practices take in new patients. Don't wait until you are sick, because you need to be registered with a GP before you can make an appointment.

This external website from Erasmus MC shows you a list of GPs in Rotterdam.

GP after hour services

Do you need to consult a GP at night or in the weekend? You will need to call the Huisartsenpost (referred to as HAP). Ask your GP for the contact details of your HAP so that you have it ready in case you need medical assistance at night or in the weekend.

Below you can also find the details of two after hour GP services:

Huisartsenpost Rotterdam Zuid
Maasstadweg 59a
3079 DZ Rotterdam

Contact number: 010 290 9888

Open on weekdays, as well as weekends and public holidays, from 17h00 until 08h00.

Huisartsenpost Rotterdam Noord
Kleiweg 500
3045 PM Rotterdam

Contact number: 010 466 9573

Open on weekdays, as well as weekends and public holidays, from 17h00 until 08h00.