Union calls for Netherlands to lift ban on pilots with diabetes

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Health minister won't ban private equity from Dutch care system

Health minister Fleur Agema has told the lower house of parliament that she does not support a ban on private equity in the Dutch healthcare system, as some MPs have demanded. A ban on private investment would make financing some parts of the healthcare system more difficult and that could limit access to some care services, the minister said in …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Health minister won't ban private equity from Dutch care system

Dutch News

Health minister Fleur Agema has told the lower house of parliament that she does not support a ban on private equity in the Dutch healthcare system, as some MPs have demanded. A ban on private investment would make financing some parts of the healthcare system more difficult and that could limit access to some care services, the minister said in …

Private Equity Dutch Healthcare

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Dutch banks won't help gov't set gambling limit to protect customers' privacy

NL Times

Dutch banks will not help the government to set a gambling limit for their customers. They feel that monitoring customers’ gambling behavior is a privacy violation, Ronit van der Schaaf of the Dutch Banking Association told NOS. “We see the scale of the number of people with problematic gambling debts, but we are surprised that the solution to these problems …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Two health insurers reprimanded for not doing enough to guarantee good healthcare

NL Times

The Dutch Healthcare Authority imposed “formal measures” on two health insurers for failing to fulfill their duty of care. The NZa investigated the largest health insurer in four regions with waiting times above the Treek standards for mental healthcare and hospital care. “Health insurers must work with healthcare providers to ensure that people receive the care that they need. The …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Netherlands residents need to move more, RIVM says; More teenagers with type 2 diabetes

NL Times

Netherlands residents need to move more. “The exercise guidelines are there to prevent diseases like cardiovascular disease and diabetes,” RIVM researcher Tessa Schurink told AD. Another estimated 1,400 children have pre-diabetes - blood sugar levels that are too high but not yet high enough for a type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Children who develop type 2 diabetes at such a young …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The new diabetes revolution is here – but is it all good news?

The Independent

A bona fide technological and medical revolution has been announced that will “transform the lives” of some 150,000 people with type 1 autoimmune diabetes in England and Wales, with the other home nations to follow. As the JDRF, a type 1 diabetes charity, puts it: “By automating what is currently a manual process, HCL can lift the relentless burden and …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Dutch healthcare system needs simplifying, less competition: RVS

Dutch News

The Dutch council for health and society is recommending a radical overhaul of the way healthcare is organised, saying the current system is no longer providing the necessary care for an increasing number of people. In addition, the healthcare sector is “so fragmented and complicated” that people cannot find their way and are missing out on the care they need, …

Council Rvs Dutch Healthcare

1 year, 6 months ago

Tennis’s shoddy treatment of diabetic Alexander Zverev is inexcusable

The Independent

It is quite rare to come across a story that genuinely leaves me lost for words. Zverev said that in a previous match, against Frances Tiafoe, there was a “supervisor who didn’t know that I was diabetic”. I’ve also heard people saying “ewww” when I deliver the hormone my body lacks. Here’s Diabetes UK: “We hear time and time again …

Diabetes Zverev

1 year, 8 months ago

Diabetics have enough to deal with. It’s time to stop the bullying and hectoring

The Independent

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Diabetes Nhs Diabetics

1 year, 11 months ago

Netherlands pledges to compensate healthcare workers suffering from Long Covid

NL Times

The Cabinet will still draw up a financial scheme for healthcare workers who are no longer able to work due to the long-term effects of Covid-19 complaints, Medical Care Minister Conny Helder told the Tweede Kamer on Wednesday. Despite Helder’s promise, a lawsuit seeking compensation for the workers will continue to move forward for now The Tweede Kamer has been …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Online gambling providers call for better protection for problem gamblers

NL Times

One year after online gambling became legal in the Netherlands, providers are calling for more rules to protect problem gamblers from themselves. “People who play online or in one of our branches for the first time after a gambling ban must first have an aftercare conversation,” director Petra de Ruiter said to the newspaper. The industry clubs Licensed Online Gaming …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Diabetes is a ticking time bomb for the NHS – can it be defused?

The Telegraph

But the chances of such fundamental reform are slim, and so the NHS must brace to pick up ever larger pieces. But some people respond really well.” Studies show that almost half who take part go into diabetes Type 2 after a year, and 70 per cent of those remain in remission after two years. “Remission is critical because, while …

Diabetes Nhs Joule

2 years, 6 months ago

ICMR issues country’s first pre-travel guidelines for children and adolescents with Type-1 diabetes

The Hindu

From never wearing brand new shoes for a trip, to travelling with flash cards to navigate language barrier, managing meals when crossing time zones, storage of insulin and how to minimise glucose fluctuation —- all of this and more is part of the Indian Council of Medical Research pre-travel advice and preparation for children and adolescents living with Type-1 diabetes. …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Airlines cannot refuse to fly persons with disability: DGCA issues draft rules

Live Mint

Civil aviation regulator DGCA has recently issued guidelines for airlines regarding specially-abled passengers. DGCA on Friday said, if an airline feels a specially-abled passenger's health is likely to deteriorate during a flight, it must consult a doctor at the airport and take an "appropriate call" on whether boarding should be denied to the flyer or not. On May 28, DGCA …

Airline Passenger Dgca

2 years, 7 months ago

Covid lockdowns blamed for 3,000 diabetes deaths in England, NHS report finds

Daily Mail

More than 3,000 diabetics in England may have died due to a lack of health checks during the first year of Covid, a major NHS study warns. They found non-Covid related deaths among diabetes patients rose 11 per cent over this period, an extra 3,075 fatalities than would normally be expected. An NHS analysis found the proportion of diabetes patients …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands last remaining face masks rules at airports expiring May 21: report

NL Times

The Netherlands plans to lift the requirement to wear a face mask at airports and on planes next Saturday, sources close to the Cabinet told De Telegraaf. Many countries have already relaxed the rules, but the Netherlands' interpreted the EASA's "strong recommendation" as an obligation to wear masks on planes, according to the newspaper. Airlines long pointed out the disparity …

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2 years, 8 months ago

More companies swapping business flights for trains

NL Times

Many large companies require their employees to take the train or car for short business trips instead of the plane. Almost all Dutch multinationals want the reduce their number of business flights, NU.nl reports after speaking to 15 multinationals and the national government. Pre-pandemic, flights of less than 750 kilometers to and from Dutch airports caused 3.5 megatons of CO2 …

Business Flights Business Flights

2 years, 9 months ago

With Ukraine’s conflict zone cut off from insulin supplies, concerns for diabetics escalate

CNN

CNN — Continuing to face attacks from Russian forces, Ukrainian hospitals are strained by growing numbers of casualties and finite medical supplies. “There’s been significant shortages of insulin across the country and many, many actors and people in different areas calling out for that supply,” Kate White, an emergency program manager for Doctors Without Borders, told CNN. “So it’s about …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Dutch gov't working on law to limit fast food chains

NL Times

The Dutch government is working on a law to stop the proliferation of fast-food chains. The law should help municipalities say no to new fast-food restaurants opening on every corner, like the big cities asked for last year, State Secretary Maarten van Ooijen of Prevention said to newspaper AD. In lower social classes, it's even one in three," Van Ooijen …

Food Van Ooijen

2 years, 10 months ago

Two-thirds of NL residents expect more lockdowns in the future

NL Times

On Tuesday, Health Minister Ernst Kuipers announced that the Netherlands would relax most coronavirus restrictions from February 25. There will be more coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions in the future, they said in a Hart van Nederland survey of 3,760 of its panel members. Some worried respondents believe that the Netherlands will go back into lockdown when the relaxed measures result …

Netherlands Carnival Residents Expect

2 years, 10 months ago

Netherlands to lift most COVID restrictions this month

Al Jazeera

Bars, restaurants and nightclubs will go back to pre-pandemic opening hours and face masks will not be mandatory in most places, says health minister. The Netherlands will lift almost all its restrictions against COVID-19 by February 25 as cases and hospitalisations fall, the health minister has said. Bars, restaurants and nightclubs will go back to pre-pandemic opening hours and social …

Netherlands Health Minister

2 years, 10 months ago

Netherlands not ready for another pandemic

NL Times

The Netherlands is facing "major challenges for infectious disease control," the Capacity Body said in a recent report. Dozens of additional infection doctors must be trained as soon as possible if the Netherlands hopes to be ready for the next pandemic, the advisory council said, AD reports. According to the advisory council, the coronavirus pandemic "magnified preexisting bottlenecks in infectious …

Netherlands Infectious Disease Control

2 years, 11 months ago

Dutch schools canceling field trips abroad after no booster advice for teens

NL Times

Schools in the Netherlands are canceling field trips abroad after the Dutch Health Council advised against giving Covid-19 booster shots for teenagers. Travel association ANVR called the Dutch Health Council's different booster shot advice for teenagers than adults "maddening," speaking to De Telegraaf. On Friday, Minister Ernst Kuipers of Public Health said that vacations would not be the main factor …

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3 years ago

60% of surveyed Dutch in favor of stricter Covid access pass policy

NL Times

A massive 62 percent of Netherlands residents favor implementing the stricter 2G coronavirus access pass policy so that lockdown can be lifted, Hart van Nederland found in surveying a representative group of over 2,500 people in its opinion panel. When asked where the Cabinet should implement the 2G policy, 39 percent said everywhere, 31 percent said in the catering industry, …

Policy Covid

3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch won't change travel rules yet, talks are under way at an EU level

Dutch News

The Dutch cabinet has decided to not yet implement advice from public health institute RIVM to make sure everyone coming to the Netherlands has a negative coronavirus test to travel, even those who have been vaccinated. The RIVM is also recommending that unvaccinated passengers from outside the EU should also go into quarantine and that everyone take a self-test on …

Dutch Netherlands Rivm Travel Rules

3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch won't change travel rules yet, talks are under way at an EU level

Dutch News

The Dutch cabinet has decided to not yet implement advice from public health institute RIVM to make sure everyone coming to the Netherlands has a negative coronavirus test to travel, even those who have been vaccinated. The RIVM is also recommending that unvaccinated passengers from outside the EU should also go into quarantine and that everyone take a self-test on …

Dutch Netherlands Rivm Travel Rules

3 years, 1 month ago

GGD, KLM, Schiphol apologize for treatment of travelers from South Africa

NL Times

Airport Schiphol, airline KLM, and health service GGD Kennemerland apologized for how they handled the people on two flights from South Africa to the Amsterdam airport on Friday, NRC and NH Nieuws report. While they were in the air, the Netherlands banned flights from southern Africa due to a new coronavirus variant identified by the South African health authorities. KLM …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch hospitals preparing for "code black" scenario

NL Times

It won't be long before hospitals in the Netherlands reach "code black," in which there are not enough beds to treat everyone who needs it. On Friday, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said that we are still "very far away" from a code black in hospitals. Langenbach said hospitals are waiting for Minister De Jonge to declare code black because …

Icu Code Black

3 years, 1 month ago

Netherlands will start 2G coronavirus pass system after 3-week lockdown: Report

NL Times

The Dutch Cabinet wants to restrict the coronavirus access pass system to only those who are vaccinated against Covid-19, or who were diagnosed with the coronavirus infection and recovered from it. The Cabinet will begin preparing the system to launch after the Netherlands concludes three week of lockdown-like measures set to be announced Friday night, according to broadcaster NOS. The …

Cabinet

3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch gov’t orders partial lockdown amid COVID surge

Al Jazeera

Caretaker PM says government wants to ‘deliver a hard blow to the virus’ as COVID-19 cases surge in the Netherlands. Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced a three-week partial lockdown amid surging COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, saying his government wants to “deliver a hard blow to the virus”. Speaking about the deteriorating situation in Europe at a …

Dutch Netherlands Rutte Lockdown

3 years, 2 months ago

61 passengers on South Africa flights test positive for coronavirus

Dutch News

Health board officials say 61 of the 600 people on two flights from South Africa which arrived at Schiphol airport on Friday morning have now tested positive for coronavirus. Officials said on Friday evening they expected around 85 people would prove positive, after initial tests suggested a 13% infection rate, but told news agency ANP later the actual total is …

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3 years, 2 months ago

61 passengers on South Africa flights test positive for coronavirus

Dutch News

Health board officials say 61 of the 600 people on two flights from South Africa which arrived at Schiphol airport on Friday morning have now tested positive for coronavirus. Officials said on Friday evening they expected around 85 people would prove positive, after initial tests suggested a 13% infection rate, but told news agency ANP later the actual total is …

Health Africa Coronavirus Passengers Board Netherlands South Africa

3 years, 2 months ago

Morocco suspends flights to the Netherlands as a 'coronavirus measure'

Dutch News

Air traffic between Morocco and the Netherlands, Germany and Britain is being suspended from midnight on Wednesday as a coronavirus measure, Moroccan airlines Air Maroc and Air Arabia Maroc said on Twitter. Moroccan news site Le360 said the decision had been taken because of a ‘new variant’ which is on the rise in the three countries. ‘Le360 was able to …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Morocco suspends flights to the Netherlands as a 'coronavirus measure'

Dutch News

Air traffic between Morocco and the Netherlands, Germany and Britain is being suspended from midnight on Wednesday as a coronavirus measure, Moroccan airlines Air Maroc and Air Arabia Maroc said on Twitter. Moroccan news site Le360 said the decision had been taken because of a ‘new variant’ which is on the rise in the three countries. ‘Le360 was able to …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Dutch GP's struggling under after-Covid work pressure

NL Times

General practitioners in the Netherlands are struggling with a heavy workload in catching up on care postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic while also struggling with staff shortages. They often have to answer phones themselves because they can't find an assistant, or can't go on holiday for rest because they can't find a replacement for themselves, GP's association LHV told NOS …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Netherlands to stop social distancing but expand Covid entry passes from Sept. 25

NL Times

Physical distancing rules in the Netherlands that call for people to remain 1.5 meters away from each other will be cancelled as of September 25. From that same date, a coronavirus pass frequently generated by the CoronaCheck app will be mandatory for everyone aged 13 and older when visiting catering businesses and cultural venues, including cafés, concert halls and theaters, …

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3 years, 4 months ago

New Covid travel alerts issued for U.S., Germany, 23 others; No ban on fully vaccinated

NL Times

From Saturday, some new rules will apply for travelers coming to the Netherlands from a high risk or very high risk coroanvirus country, which include Germany, the United States and 23 other countries. An EU travel ban applies to people coming from high-risk countries outside the EU, unless they are fully vaccinated. From Monday, September 6, travelers from high-risk non-EU …

Netherlands Germany Risk Countries High Vaccinated Travel

3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch hospitals struggling with Covid-deniers

NL Times

Hospitals throughout the Netherlands are dealing with seriously ill patients or family members who refuse to believe they have the coronavirus, because according to them it doesn't exist, AD reported after surveying hospitals. "We are sometimes told by relatives of those who have to be admitted to hospital with serious coronavirus symptoms: 'Just tell us what he really has, because …

Dutch Hospitals Hospital

3 years, 5 months ago

More NL companies requiring proof of vaccination: report

NL Times

Now that most all Netherlands residents have the option to get vaccinated against Covid-19, organizations are feeling increasingly free to require proof of vaccination. "We believe it is perfectly possible," Frank Oostdam, chairman of travel companies' association ANVR, said to the Volkskrant. Camping specialist ACSI, which organizes trips throughout Europe for Dutch and German campers, is one of the companies …

Travel Netherlands Companies

3 years, 6 months ago

Netherlands could hear about new coronavirus measures tomorrow

NL Times

Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said that new coronavirus restrictions could be announced in the Netherlands on Friday depending on the outcome of emergency advice from the Outbreak Management Team. The announcement was made minutes after public health agency RIVM disclosed that another 5,475 people tested positive for the coronavirus infection, the most announced in a single day since May …

De Jonge

3 years, 6 months ago

Full list of coronavirus restrictions as of June 26

NL Times

On Friday, June 18, Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jong announced that the majority of Covid restrictions will be dropped as of June 26 as coronavirus infection rates decrease and Covid-19 vaccination figures rise. Below, a full overview of remaining restrictions as of June 26 can be found: Retails, gyms and services: Visitors are still required …

Allowed Coronavirus Restrictions

3 years, 6 months ago

Cheers! ‘Stunt’ alcohol promotions banned from July 1

Dutch News

There will be no more ‘two for the price of one’ crates of beer on sale in the Netherlands from next week, whatever the results of the football. The Dutch government has said in a news release that the rules are aimed at ‘preventing alcohol use by young people and countering problematic alcohol use in the Netherlands.’ Promotions such as …

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3 years, 6 months ago

The Netherlands is set to loosen most Covid restrictions but it's still Code Red to the EU

NL Times

The Netherlands is rumored to be close to relaxing most coronavirus restrictions in the country, with a press conference Friday night set to update the public on coronavirus policy. The first is by having fewer than 200 people per 100 thousand residents test positive for the coronavirus infection at a rate of less than four percent of all those tested …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Britain added to Dutch high risk list; quarantine mandatory from Tuesday

Dutch News

The Netherlands has declared Britain to be a very high risk area for coronavirus, which means no travel unless absolutely essential. Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar and Nepal have also been added to the very high risk list, for the same reason, the health ministry said. The decision means that from just after midnight on Tuesday, everyone returning to the Netherlands from …

Netherlands Britain Mandatory Quarantine

3 years, 6 months ago

Britain added to Dutch high risk list; quarantine mandatory from Tuesday

Dutch News

The Netherlands has declared Britain to be a very high risk area for coronavirus, which means no travel unless absolutely essential. Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar and Nepal have also been added to the very high risk list, for the same reason, the health ministry said. The decision means that from just after midnight on Tuesday, everyone returning to the Netherlands from …

Netherlands Britain Mandatory Quarantine

3 years, 7 months ago

NL residents who refused AstraZeneca vaccine to be given different shot

NL Times

Netherlands residents who refused to get the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZenca, will soon be invited to get a different vaccine, caretaker Public Health Minster Hugo de Jonge said to Nieuwsuur on Monday. In April, the Dutch Health Council advised that the vaccine should no longer be administered to people under the age of 60, as side effects from this …

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3 years, 7 months ago

The Netherlands no longer classed as a high-risk area in Germany

NL Times

As of Sunday, Germany regards the Netherlands as an ordinary risk area, RTV Noord reported. This means that a rapid coronavirus test is not necessary anymore for a trip to Germany that lasts less than 48 hours. As a result, there have been far fewer hospital admissions.” Germany had the Netherlands marked as high-risk since April 6. The Dutch government …

Netherlands Rapid Test Germany Classed

3 years, 8 months ago

Health Minister defends refusal to ban flights from India

NL Times

Caretaker Health Minister Hugo de Jonge sees no reason for now to ban flights from India, as there the current EU-wide entry ban already prevents residents of that country from entering the Netherlands. He said that the requirement for two negative coronavirus tests for people exempted from the ban, like those who have residency in the Netherlands, is an effective …

India Virus De Jonge Ban Negative

3 years, 9 months ago

Netherlands to decide on AstraZeneca Covid vaccine restart tomorrow

NL Times

The Dutch Health Council will give the government new advice about the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday. The European Medicines Agency has reviewed 86 blood clot cases and said there was a possible link between the vaccine and some rare blood clot cases, but it said the vaccine should remain in use. "One plausible explanation for …

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Union calls for Netherlands to lift ban on pilots with diabetes

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