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News from the NOS•today, 22:13•Modified today, 23:13
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This evening all parties involved in health care, with the exception of general practitioners, have signed the Integral Care Agreement. According to the Ministry of Health, the agreement is an important step in keeping healthcare accessible and accessible to all in the future.
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The agreement on care stipulates, inter alia, that the parties in the care sector need to cooperate more closely with each other. In addition, it is necessary to strengthen primary care and pay more attention to prevention.
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In addition, healthcare must be an attractive workplace and will be in the future as well. It is the first time that so many parties have entered into joint agreements on what healthcare should look like in the coming years.
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“In recent months, all parties have worked very hard to reach an agreement. They all share the urgency and it is very special that we have come to a joint plan in this way,” said Health Minister Kuipers.
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He said he understood that there were still concerns between some parties about the implementation of the agreement. “The time for talking together is over, now is the time to make it happen together,” says Kuipers.
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Dissatisfied doctors
The National Association of General Practitioners rejected the care agreement after a survey of 3,000 affiliated primary care physicians. They gave the care agreement an unsatisfactory score on important parts.
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GPs, for example, find the promise of giving them more time for their patients little concrete and unjustified. GPs also believe that the agreement does not provide them with sufficient resources to carry out their duties. By this they mean, among other things, that more money is needed for staff.
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Signatories to the agreement include the Nursing and District Care Organization, health insurers, GGZ, the Netherlands Patient Federation, the Association of Dutch Municipalities and the Association of Hospitals.
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According to Kuipers, the outcome of the agreements is closely monitored. An evaluation is carried out by the parties involved every three months.
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Rising tension
In the Hague politics and in the health sector, tension has increased in recent weeks due to criticism from general practitioners. They are a web spider within the Dutch health system and are considered indispensable for the successful implementation of the health agreement. For example, GP treatments can prevent conditions from becoming more complex, which ultimately means patients have to go to hospital, research has shown.
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The pressure on general practitioner care has increased in recent years. Hospital care, mental health and youth care have stopped. As a result, the tasks of these branches of care are increasingly assigned to general practitioners.
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The treatment contract is intended to solve these problems, but according to GPs, the processing is therefore not concrete enough. That’s why they were eager to negotiate further before signing the deal.
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