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The Ministry was created in 1951 as the "Ministry of Social Affairs and Health" and had several name changes before it became the "Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport" in 1994. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, currently Fleur Agema (PVV), assisted by two state secretaries, currently Vicky Maeijer (PVV) and ...
Patients rights demonstration against co-pays increasing under the AWBZ, 1982. Health insurance in the Netherlands is mandatory, and the nation's healthcare is covered by two statutory forms of insurance: Zorgverzekeringswet (Zvw), often called "basic insurance', covers common medical care. Wet langdurige zorg (Wlz) covers long-term nursing and ...
In the European Netherlands, a Municipal Health Service (Dutch: Gemeentelijke Gezondheidsdienst, GGD) is a decentralised public health organisation. Legally, the responsibility for the provision of this service lies with the municipalities . [ 1 ]
Health care • Health policy • Health insurance • Pharmaceutical policy • Vaccination policy • Welfare • Biomedical sciences • Sport • Institute for Public Health and the Environment • Health Care Inspectorate: Fleur Agema as Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport: Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (Dutch: Ministerie van ...
The Dutch Healthcare Authority (Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit) is an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, established by the Healthcare Market Regulation Act 2006. It is based in Utrecht and has more than 400 employees.
The results are used to support the Government of the Netherlands in formulating its policy. RIVM's primary tasks are: [1] [2] research; policy support; national coordination; intervention programmes; provision of reliable information to the public and to professionals working in health care about infectious diseases, the environment, nutrition ...
A stringent regulatory authority is a regulatory authority which is: a) a member of the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH), being the European Commission, the US Food and Drug Administration and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan also represented by the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (as before ...
The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (Dutch: Inspectie Gezondheidszorg en Jeugd, IGJ) is a governmental institution that supervises public health in the Netherlands. It is part of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, located in Utrecht. The IGJ supervises the quality, safety and accessibility of health care, and guards the rights of ...