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    Psychiatric nursing homes (PNHs)

    A psychiatric nursing home* (PNH) is a healthcare facility that provides patients suffering from a long-term, stabilised psychiatric disorder or mental disability with both mental...
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    Mental health care centre

    Flanders : A mental health care centre* (MHCC) provides help to people with mental problems. For this there are usually separate teams for adults and for children and young...
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    Primary care centres

    Primary care centres* (known as maisons médicales in the Walloon and Brussels-Capital Regions and as wijkgezondheidscentra in the Flemish Region) aim to meet patients' needs by...
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    Palliative care structures

    Anyone suffering from an incurable illness and only has a limited time left to live can avail of palliative care. Palliative care* is about offering patients physical,...
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    Recognition

    French Community Commission (COCOF): The Service for palliative care and follow-up care is authorized by the French Community Commission. The authorization is given on the basis...
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    How to file a complaint?

    Patient mediation If you feel that your patient rights are not being respected, you may file a complaint with the ombudsman. This would be the route to go if you cannot get any...
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    Compensation

    Through mediation Instead of filing court proceedings, parties involved in a dispute may also opt for mediation*. In that case, a neutral mediator will help you and the opposing...
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    Invoices and prices

    In this section, you will find information about invoices from health care providers and prices for health care services provided in Belgium: What kind of information is...
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    Finding a personal healthcare provider or hospital in Belgium

    Are you searching for an individual health care provider (doctor, dentist, nurse, etc.) or a hospital in Belgium ? You can find them through: the application ‘Find a health...
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    Who are we?

    These partners have participated in drawing-up and creating this website and the Call Centre: Brussels-Capital Region Common Community Commission (Brussels) (links only available...