General practitioner Nicole from Hoboken charges a ‘fine’ of 20 euros if patients do not show up. And she’s not the only one

More and more general practitioners are introducing rules against so-called ‘no-shows’: patients who make an appointment and then do not show up. General practitioner Nicole Dekker from Hoboken is also taking measures: 20 euros if you don’t show up and on the third time she will remove you as a patient. Is that allowed just like that? “Every missed appointment means that someone else does not receive care. People often do not realize this enough.”

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