Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport

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Girl checking vision with tonometer at eye clinic.
PoliticsBusiness
Eye specialists want Cabinet to help parents struggling to afford child's glasses
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One type of the monkeypox virus
Health
Health institute is preparing for first mpox case in the Netherlands
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Police investigate the murder of a 66-year-old woman in a parking lot at a shopping center in Zwijndrecht. 21 January 2023
CrimePolitics
Cabinet states approach to stopping femicide, but stops short of introducing new plan
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PowNed microphone
HealthEntertainment
PowNed accuse the Healthcare Inspectorate of banning Ozempic documentary
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Building of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in The Hague.
Politics
FNV research shows transgressive behavior at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
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Conny Helder
Sports
Dutch Sports Minister joins EU counterparts against football Super League
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An empty ultrasound examination room at a clinic in the Netherlands. 3 Nov. 2011
HealthPolitics
Doctors won't be able to help end pregnancies with medication by July 1 as planned
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Ernst Kuipers in April 2022
Health
Health Minister Ernst Kuipers steps down with immediate effect
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Signs posted in Amsterdam promoting a ceasefire and freedom of movement in the Palestinian Territories. 13 November 2023
Politics
Pro-Palestinian protest planned at Schiphol on Tuesday; Dutch willing to take in Gaza kids
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Parliament in the Netherlands
PoliticsBusiness
Financial management is problematic at most Dutch ministries; Hasty policies a big issue
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Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge in a Tweede Kamer debate on the coronavirus, 12 August 2020
HealthPolitics
Hugo de Jonge blocks the release of his WhatsApp messages during the pandemic
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Health Minister Ernst Kuipers during a debate on preventative health care in the Tweede Kamer. 8 June 2022
HealthBusiness
Slight rise in people defaulting on health insurance payments; First time in 7 years
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Canisters with laughing gas found in a car after man’s arrest in Zwolle in May 2021
CrimePoliticsCultureFood
Ban on nitrous oxide as a drug will come into effect on January 1
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A healthworker looking through a window in Hospital during the coronavirus pandemic.
Health
Cabinet allocates €670 million to improve pandemic preparation in the future
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HPV virus
HealthPolitics
Majority of MP's signal support for cervical cancer self-test proposal
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Homeless person sitting on a bench.
1-1-2Politics
Big cities fear shortage of winter shelter space due to homelessness increase
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Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag brings the 2023 Dutch budget to the Tweede Kamer in a ceremonial briefcase. 20 Sept. 2022
HealthPoliticsBusiness
The 2023 Dutch budget's impact on your wallet, and highlights from the Cabinet's plan
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Face masks.
CrimePolitics
Health ministry pressed for multi-million euro face mask deal now under scrutiny