Referrals

When to refer?
You’ve had a consultation with a patient regarding an unwanted pregnancy. You have discussed abortion options. Your patient can make an appointment directly in our clinic. A referral is no longer mandatory. If you do want to write your patient a referral, you can give it to her or mail or fax it directly to us.

Which treatment?
At our clinics, women with pregnancies up to 9 weeks, can choose the abortion pill (medical abortion) or suction curettage/vacuum aspiration . For pregnancies between 9 and 12 weeks, the abortion always consists of suction curettage. Pregnancies between 13 and 22 weeks are terminated through surgical abortion. Abortion between 18 and 22 weeks is only performed at Bloemenhove Clinic Haarlem. On this website your patient can find more information about all the treatments.

Cost?
For patients who are insured on te base of the Long-term Care Act (WLZ), the treatment is free. A patient is entitled to WLZ if she has Dutch health insurance or pays tax (demonstrable with two payslips from the last two months prior to treatment). For patients who fall under the Medical Care Asylum Seekers Scheme (RMA), the treatment is also free of charge.
For all other patients, the costs are at their own expense.