Fees stated in advance
On request, before rather than after.
Brasschaat · General medical practice
New practice.
New practice.
Cover alreadyarranged.
Continuity of care is a legal duty in Belgium, not a courtesy. A doctor who is away must arrange a qualified colleague and make the record reachable, so nobody picks up your care blind. That is in place from the first week, not the first year.
- 2026registered
- 30years kept
- Alwayscovered
- Neverblind
The practice
Four things, described plainly
This page describes what the practice does. It is not advice, and it is not an encouragement to seek any examination or treatment.
General medical practice
General medical activities, carried on under the applicable professional regulation.
See the programContinuity of care
What happens to your care when this practice is not available.
See the programYour record
A patient record kept as the law requires, and accessible to you.
See the programBeing new
What a practice registered in 2026 can and cannot claim.
See the program
How it works
How the practice works
Arrange cover before it is needed and make the record reachable to whoever provides it, write the record as something that will be read in decades rather than weeks, state fees before an appointment, and refer where a matter falls outside competence.
Information before consent
Purpose, nature, risks, alternatives and cost.
Cover arranged in advance
Qualified, with the record reachable.
Referral where needed
Rather than proceeding regardless.
Working together
Fees
Fees are in euro and are those applicable to the practice. They are stated in advance on request, before an appointment rather than after it.
Consultation
The applicable fee, told to you beforehand.
- Convention status stated
- Any supplement said in advance
- No charge found at invoicing
- Errors corrected and refunded
- Reimbursement is for your fund
Continuity
What happens when this practice is unavailable.
- Cover by a qualified colleague
- Record accessible to them
- On-call participation
- Nobody picks up blind
- Arranged in advance, not improvised
What is not here
Absent on purpose, not by oversight.
- No patient testimonials
- No comparison with others
- No success rates
- No promised outcomes
- No history we do not have
Every engagement is quoted after a free consultation. No subscription.
How we work
A record outlives the appointment
STIJN MICHIELS ARTS BV was created on 16 September 2026 and is registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under number 1042.565.797, with its registered office at 32 Hulshout in Brasschaat, province of Antwerp. The registered activity is general medical practice.
The company is a matter of weeks old and there is no sense in dressing that up. What a new practice can be judged on is not accumulated reputation but whether the things that must be in place actually are, and two of those are worth setting out. The first is continuity of care, which Belgian law treats as an obligation rather than a courtesy. A practitioner must ensure that the care they provide continues in their absence, which means arranging for a colleague holding the required competence to take over and making the patient record accessible to them, so that nobody resumes a patient's care without knowing what has happened so far. Participation in organised on-call arrangements belongs to the same duty. The second is the record itself. It has to be retained for at least thirty years after the last contact and may be kept for up to fifty, so a note written at a first consultation may well be read by someone long after everyone involved has forgotten the appointment. That is the argument for writing it properly from the first week rather than from the point at which a practice feels established. Beyond those, a practitioner acts only within their competence and refers beyond it, and patient rights apply in full from day one.
Frequently asked
The questions we get most
Your practice is brand new. Why should I register here?
That is a fair question and the honest answer is that the company was registered in September 2026, so there is no track record to point at. What there is instead are the things that are either in place or are not: continuity arrangements for when the practice is unavailable, a patient record kept as the law requires, fees stated before an appointment rather than after, and a willingness to refer rather than to proceed beyond competence. Those are checkable now rather than in five years.
What happens if you are not available?
Care is taken over by a colleague holding the required competence, and your record is made accessible to them. That is not a courtesy arrangement, it is what the legislation on the quality of healthcare practice requires: a practitioner must ensure the continuity of the care they provide, and must make the record reachable so that whoever covers is not working without the necessary information. Participation in organised on-call arrangements is part of the same obligation.
How long is my record kept?
At least thirty years after the last contact, and it may be kept for up to fifty. It will outlive the episode of care that created it by a very long way, which is the main reason a record is worth writing carefully at the time rather than reconstructing later. You have a right of access to it and a right to obtain a copy, and those are rights rather than favours to be requested politely.
What if my problem is outside your competence?
Then you will be told and referred. A practitioner may act only within the limits of their competence and experience and must refer where a matter falls outside them, which is a legal requirement rather than a matter of style. Being referred is not being turned away, and a practice that treats a referral as a failure is a practice that will eventually proceed when it should not.
Why does this page say so little about treatments?
Because the rules on what a doctor may say publicly exclude comparisons with other practitioners, claims of superiority, patient testimonials, success rates and any promise about an outcome. A page containing those things would be both prohibited and, in the way an advertisement needs them, untrue. What belongs on a page like this is practical information about how the practice operates, which is why continuity and the record occupy the space.
Can I find out the fee before I come?
Yes, and you should. Fees applicable to a consultation are stated in advance on request, and the practice's position in relation to the national agreement between physicians and the sickness funds is on the legal page. That status determines whether supplements may be charged above the agreed tariff, and knowing it beforehand removes the only genuinely unpleasant surprise in ordinary primary care.
Need to contact the practice?
Fees are stated in advance on request. In an emergency, contact the emergency services.