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Watchdog orders big health insurers to act on waiting lists
9 months, 1 week ago

Watchdog orders big health insurers to act on waiting lists

Dutch News  

The four big health insurance companies in the Netherlands are not doing enough to make sure their clients get good standards of care and have been told by the regulator to make improvements. Zilveren Kruis, CZ, VGZ and Menzis are “not fully” meeting their obligations, the healthcare council NZA said after a year-long project to look at services in four …

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Two health insurers reprimanded for not doing enough to guarantee good healthcare
9 months, 1 week 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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IND-A vs NZ-A, 1st Unofficial Test Day 1: Bengal pacer Mukesh picks three wickets, NZ-A scores 156/5
2 years, 3 months ago

IND-A vs NZ-A, 1st Unofficial Test Day 1: Bengal pacer Mukesh picks three wickets, NZ-A scores 156/5

The Hindu  

Joe Carter and inclement weather frustrated India A bowlers on the opening day of the first unofficial Test at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Opener Chad Bowes was dismissed by Mukesh Kumar, the Bengal seamer who would prove to be the pick of bowlers. When Yash Dayal, the Gujarat Titans left-arm pacer, removed Mark Chapman, the visitors were reduced …

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Hospital backlog isn’t improving, despite Covid patient drop; Centaurus infections rising
2 years, 3 months ago

Hospital backlog isn’t improving, despite Covid patient drop; Centaurus infections rising

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands have been unsuccessful in their attempt to catch up on healthcare that was delayed as the result of the coronavirus pandemic. While the hospitalized Covid-19 patient total has fallen by more than half since a recent peak, and newly diagnosed infections have steadily declined, another new coronavirus variant is beginning to advance in the country. “In …

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Third of Dutch hospitals unable to provide any scheduled care
3 years ago

Third of Dutch hospitals unable to provide any scheduled care

NL Times  

The current coronavirus wave continues to put pressure on the healthcare system in the Netherlands. Over a third of the 74 Dutch hospitals can no longer provide any scheduled care, like hip- or knee surgeries. That is more than double compared to the ten hospitals that couldn't offer planned care last week, the Dutch healthcare authority NZa said on Tuesday. …

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More hospitals unable to provide scheduled healthcare
3 years, 1 month ago

More hospitals unable to provide scheduled healthcare

NL Times  

Twelve Dutch hospitals are currently unable or not always able to provide "critical scheduled care" within six weeks, the Dutch healthcare authority NZa reported. A week ago, nine hospitals were unable or not always able to deliver crucial scheduled care in a timely manner. According to the NZa, most hospitals indicate that they can no longer provide catch-up care. According …

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Backlog in surgeries vastly overestimated, hospitals & experts say
3 years, 3 months ago

Backlog in surgeries vastly overestimated, hospitals & experts say

NL Times  

The Dutch healthcare authority NZa estimated that between 170,000 and 210,000 surgeries need to be caught up after regular healthcare was postponed during the coronavirus pandemic. "A lot of care was not provided, but you cannot expect that all that care will have to be made up," health economics professor Xander Koolman said to the broadcaster. Peter van der Meer, …

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Intensive care still under high pressure from Covid, RS, injuries
3 years, 3 months ago

Intensive care still under high pressure from Covid, RS, injuries

NL Times  

Seven hospitals are still unable to deliver critical scheduled care, such as cancer treatments, due to the pressure on intensive care units. With the current ICU occupancy by Covid patients, little is needed to have to scale down scheduled care again on a large scale," according to the NZa, who, partly for this reason, advised not to let go of …

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Pressure on healthcare system decreasing, but still high: Dutch Health Authority
3 years, 6 months ago

Pressure on healthcare system decreasing, but still high: Dutch Health Authority

NL Times  

The pressure on regular hospital care as a result of the coronavirus pandemic is slowly decreasing but remains high, the Dutch healthcare authority stated in their weekly report. Critically important plannable care such as cancer treatments could not be fully provided in 25 hospitals last week, down from 26 mentioned in the last report. The estimated number of missed referrals …

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Hospitals starting to regain surgery capacity, healthcare authority says
3 years, 11 months ago

Hospitals starting to regain surgery capacity, healthcare authority says

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands indicate that they have a little more capacity to perform surgeries, the Dutch healthcare authority NZa said on Wednesday. This week surgery capacity is at 54 percent of usual, compared to around 50 percent last week, NOS reports. The number patients GPs referred to hospitals and independent clinics last week was at 76 percent of what …

Amsterdam hospital opens third ICU to cope with rise in Covid-19 admissions
3 years, 11 months ago

Amsterdam hospital opens third ICU to cope with rise in Covid-19 admissions

Dutch News  

Intensive care units are continuing to grapple with their biggest influx of patients since the peak of the first coronavirus wave despite signs that the number of infections is levelling off. However, intensive care occupancy increased from 684 to 712 as 54 patients were transferred to the ICU, the highest figure for a single day since April 9. The OLVG …

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Amsterdam hospital opens third ICU to cope with rise in Covid-19 admissions
3 years, 11 months ago

Amsterdam hospital opens third ICU to cope with rise in Covid-19 admissions

Dutch News  

Intensive care units are continuing to grapple with their biggest influx of patients since the peak of the first coronavirus wave despite signs that the number of infections is levelling off. However, intensive care occupancy increased from 684 to 712 as 54 patients were transferred to the ICU, the highest figure for a single day since April 9. The OLVG …

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More focus needed on prevention as healthcare threatens to become unaffordable: Report
4 years ago

More focus needed on prevention as healthcare threatens to become unaffordable: Report

NL Times  

Healthcare in the Netherlands threatens to become unaffordable, according to a report by two major Dutch healthcare institutions. Financing needs to be overhauled so that more attention is paid to prevention and "meaningful care", and so that the healthcare system becomes less of a "revenue model", the Dutch healthcare authority NZa and Zorginstituut said in a report to Minister Tamara …

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Regular care finally back to normal after Covid standstill
4 years, 3 months ago

Regular care finally back to normal after Covid standstill

NL Times  

Regular healthcare is finally back to pre-coronavirus levels, the Dutch healthcare authority NZa said on Friday. But once the number of Covid-19 related ICU patients started to stabilize and decrease, regular healthcare slowly started up again, with most hospitals staring to expand their care provisions in late April and early May. The number of referrals to specialist care and mental …

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Sharp increase in long-term care deaths during coronavirus
4 years, 5 months ago

Sharp increase in long-term care deaths during coronavirus

NL Times  

During the coronavirus crisis, 5,500 more people receiving long-term care died that could be expected based on last year's figures, the Dutch healthcare authority NZa said on Friday in a report on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on long-term care between early March and mid-June, NOS reports. It is also unclear how many of these people were living in …

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