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The European hospital and healthcare employers’ association. The association aims to regroup at European level national employers’ associations operating in the hospital and healthcare sector, in order to co-ordinate their views and actions with regard to a sector and a market in constant evolution
NETHERLANDS
Correspondant: Hans SCHIRMBECK
http://www.nvz-ziekenhuizen.nl
NVZ primarily focuses on the collective representation of its members’ care-related, social and economic needs. These members include all general hospitals, as well as non-affiliated institutions in the Netherlands, such as asthma centres, audiological centres, cancer centres, radio-therapeutic institutes, convalescence centres and dialysis centres. In addition, NVZ has various associate members, including a number of hospitals in Surinam, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. They number around 170 in all.
It is NVZ’s objective to create frameworks for its members that allow hospitals to respond flexibly to changes in the demand for care. A considerable part of the association’s activities therefore focuses on helping create conditions that are compatible with the sector. NVZ achieves this objective by means of policy development, and by lobbying and consulting with relevant parties in the field. The association also supports individual members by providing information regarding general and specific topics concerning the hospital sector. Members also have the opportunity to individually submit issues to NVZ for advice, and a General Meeting of Members is held at least twice a year. NVZ also organises discussion meetings for its members.
