Netherlands
GTM #9Content roadmap (editorial)
Summaries from internal Notion country dossiers (April 2026 export), shown to explain guide depth — not legal, regulatory, or clinical advice. How we use this data.
- Rollout wave
- Wave 1
- Editorial difficulty
- medium
- Hub expansion priority
- Queued after Wave 1 hubs
- Research status
- drafted (verify before product claims)
Digitally mature EU market; MDR/GDPR and national IGJ expectations are central to how we phrase device-adjacent education.
National device/software orientation (from export): IGJ — Software as a medical device (orientation)
Citations: HandTherapy editorial country dossiers (Notion export) · IGJ — Software as a medical device (orientation)
Emergency information
Primary authority: Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
Open Emergency help for Netherlands (cited, dialable numbers from our same sources — not a diagnosis)
Top clinics
- Erasmus MC — Hand and Wrist Surgery (Rotterdam)
Therapists in directory
Seed region not linked yet for this country.
Legal notices · Netherlands (informational)
Figures for Netherlands are educational references, not individualized clinical, legal, or travel advice. HandTherapy.app does not create a clinician–patient relationship. Always confirm emergency numbers and coverage with local authorities and your care team.
In Netherlands, public references commonly list 112 for life-threatening emergencies. HandTherapy.app does not place calls, verify numbers for your situation, or monitor emergencies. If you may be having a medical emergency, use local emergency services immediately.
Public listings (societies, hospitals, faculty)
Curated from primary public pages (societies, IFSHT member lists, NHS or hospital sites, clinic “About” pages). Not a pay-to-play ranking.
- Nederlandse Vereniging voor Handtherapie (NVHT)National hand therapy society
Dutch hand therapy society (NVHT) is listed on the IFSHT Netherlands page with a public handtherapie.com link.
Citations: IFSHT — Netherlands (NVHT member listing) · Nederlandse Vereniging voor Handtherapie
- Erasmus MC — hand and wrist surgery (university medical center)Tertiary hospital or program (anchor)
Dutch UMC with published hand and wrist service lines; treat as a service anchor, not a ranked endorsement.
Citations: Erasmus MC
Sources (9)
- Statistics Netherlands (CBS) — https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb
- Government.nl Health Insurance — https://www.government.nl/topics/health-insurance
- RIVM — https://www.rivm.nl/en
- NFIA — https://investinholland.com/
- JCI Netherlands — https://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/find-accredited-organizations
- EU Emergency Number 112 — https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/security-and-emergencies/emergency/index_en.htm
- Erasmus MC — https://www.erasmusmc.nl/en/
- IFSHT — Netherlands (NVHT member listing) — https://ifsht.org/members/netherlands/
- Nederlandse Vereniging voor Handtherapie — http://www.handtherapie.com/