Ministry of Health

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Cropped shot of lawyer using laptop and lady justice statue on table.
Health
Dutch women launch mass lawsuit over cervical cancer screening data breach
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Man donating blood
HealthBusiness
Donor shortage cuts life-saving matches for ethnic minority patients
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Brick homes in Utrecht in September 2020
Health1-1-2Business
Dutch health service calls for UF foam insulation ban after homes deemed unsafe
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Shopping in Covid-19 pandemic - Buying toilet paper, wearing a mask
HealthPoliticsBusiness
Netherlands woefully underprepared for a new pandemic, health services say
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A man holding a smartphone
HealthPolitics
Dutch Cabinet relents, will hand over COVID-era chats to inquiry panel
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Livestock farming: A close up of eating cows
PoliticsBusiness
Council of States ruling could be trouble for farmers buy-out scheme
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Woman in bed with a pillow over her head.
HealthPoliticsBusiness
Severe shortage of housing for people with severe mental health problems
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One type of the monkeypox virus
HealthPolitics
Dutch Cabinet monitoring worsening mpox outbreak in Africa; No new travel warnings yet
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Over 2,000 kilograms of ketamine found at a home on Googweg in Muiderberg, 4 January 2024
Crime
26-year-old man arrested after dozens of kilograms of ketamine were found
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Sugar
HealthPolitics
Research shows that a sugar tax would be very effective and lucrative
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Ernst Kuipers briefing parliament on the state of hospital care in the coronavirus crisis, 1 December 2021
HealthPolitics
Former Health Min. Kuipers blasts child cardiologist center leaders
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Building of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in The Hague.
PoliticsBusiness
FNV trade union reports 'toxic' work environment at Ministry of Health
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HPV virus
Health
Low participation shows young people are not interested in free HPV vaccination
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No smoking sign.
PoliticsCulture
Thousands of people want to quit smoking as part of the tenth Stoptober
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A coronavirus self-test kit showing a positive result in October 2021
HealthPolitics
Covid-19 no longer classified as top infectious disease, says health minister
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Long Covid
HealthPolitics
Health Ministry invests €32 million in Long Covid research
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Health insurance
HealthPolitics
Patients’ association: much ambiguity over deductible adjustment
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A N95 face mask hanging on a wall. June 13, 2021
HealthBusiness
Face mask supplier ordered to pay back €43 million for faulty masks will appeal
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A coronavirus self-test kit showing a positive result in October 2021
Health
Prominent Dutch virologist: Coronavirus test for travelers from China is a good idea
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A China Southern Airlines Airbus A330 departs Schiphol Airport in 2019
HealthPolitics
Netherlands is not yet tightening travel rules to and from China
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Cigarettes
Health
Thousands of people are trying to quit smoking for Stoptober
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Doctor
HealthPolitics
'Historic’ healthcare agreement signed, except by GPs
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Gymnast on the balance beam
CrimePolitics
Ministry launches investigation into disciplinary law in sports
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Sywert van Lienden 2017
HealthCrimePoliticsBusiness
Probably no report on mask deal before summer recess