Health Insurance Switching Rates Drop at the End of 2023: What’s Behind the Trend?

Health Insurance Switching Rates Drop at the End of 2023: What’s Behind the Trend?

Jan 9, 2024 at 11:26 am Just before New Year’s Eve, a lot fewer policyholders exchanged their health insurance for another one than a year earlier. At the end of 2023, 1.2 million Dutch people switched, 6.5 percent of the total number of insured people. At the end of 2022, there was still a record … Read more

RIVM bans artificial nails for childcare workers: Employees and nail stylists outraged

RIVM bans artificial nails for childcare workers: Employees and nail stylists outraged

Having to give up your artificial nails because you work with children. Since last summer, this has been the rule for employees of crèches, after-school care centers and playgroups. It makes the employees themselves angry, but many nail stylists also do not understand the ban. “I sometimes see the hands of people without artificial nails … Read more

Jordy Capello’s Family Left in the Cold after House Fire: Enexis Fails to Restore Electricity (Photos)

Jordy Capello’s Family Left in the Cold after House Fire: Enexis Fails to Restore Electricity (Photos)

Jordy Capello in the charred hallway of his parental home (photo: Omroep Brabant). Jordy’s cold sister (photo: Omroep Brabant). The ceiling was also severely damaged (photo: Omroep Brabant).Next 1/3 Jordy Capello in the charred hallway of his parental home (photo: Omroep Brabant). Suddenly it is cold in our country and that is exactly what Jordy … Read more

Junior Doctors’ Strike at St Thomas’ Hospital in London Sparks Concerns for NHS Patient Safety

Junior Doctors’ Strike at St Thomas’ Hospital in London Sparks Concerns for NHS Patient Safety

AFPYoung doctors at St Thomas’ Hospital in London on the first day of the strike NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 11:41 Starting today, junior doctors in England will be off work for six days. This makes it the longest strike in the 75-year history of the British public healthcare system, the National Health Service (NHS). Interest groups warn … Read more

Capital Companies Face Increasing Burden as Short-Term Bonds Mature – High Interest Rates and Real Estate Financing Concerns Upcoming Challenges

Capital Companies Face Increasing Burden as Short-Term Bonds Mature – High Interest Rates and Real Estate Financing Concerns Upcoming Challenges

Money Today Reporter Hwang Ye-rim | 2023.12.25 06:48 /Photo = Design Reporter Lee Ji-hye This year, as the funding situation worsened due to high interest rates, the maturity structure of bonds issued by capital companies appeared to have become shorter. Bonds maturing within the next six months alone amount to 26 trillion won. In the … Read more

Thousands of Long Covid Patients Seek Expensive Treatment Abroad as Last Hope

Thousands of Long Covid Patients Seek Expensive Treatment Abroad as Last Hope

Thousands of Long Covid patients have been confined to their homes for years. They tire quickly, cannot concentrate and have little prospect of improvement. Because there are no proven treatments here yet, many people want to go abroad for high amounts of money. Benthe van Loon (25) from Heusden is one of them. This weekend … Read more

Friday Deadline for Corona Shot – Virologist Warns of Huge Peak in Infections

Friday Deadline for Corona Shot – Virologist Warns of Huge Peak in Infections

We have all been sniffling again in recent weeks. There are currently more people walking around with corona than ever before. However, people who want to be vaccinated should be quick, because Friday is the last day that the corona shot can be obtained. Incomprehensible so close to Christmas, says virologist Jean-Luc Murk of the … Read more

Healthcare Sector Faces Impending Employee Shortage of 190,000-195,000 by 2033, Warns Outgoing Minister

Healthcare Sector Faces Impending Employee Shortage of 190,000-195,000 by 2033, Warns Outgoing Minister

Dec 21, 2023 at 12:46 Update: 28 minutes ago In ten years’ time, the healthcare sector will probably have 190,000 to 195,000 too few employees. This is stated in a forecast shared by outgoing healthcare minister Conny Helder on Thursday. The shortage will mainly increase after 2025, because more and more people will need care. … Read more

Record Flu Epidemic and Coronavirus Spread in Netherlands: RIVM Reports Increase in Respiratory Infections

Record Flu Epidemic and Coronavirus Spread in Netherlands: RIVM Reports Increase in Respiratory Infections

Dec 20, 2023 at 6:02 PM Update: 14 minutes ago The number of people with respiratory complaints in the Netherlands is increasing further, the RIVM reported on Wednesday. There has been a flu epidemic since last week. A record number of coronavirus particles have also been found in sewage water. For two weeks now, more … Read more

The Impact of Women-Specific Ailments on Workplace Absenteeism: Study by CBS and TNO

The Impact of Women-Specific Ailments on Workplace Absenteeism: Study by CBS and TNO

20 dec 2023 om 00:00 One in ten women who reported sick to work had their last absence accompanied by complaints due to menstruation, pregnancy or menopause. The former in particular often played a role. This is evident from a study by statistics agency CBS and TNO. It is the first time that the researchers … Read more