Information for the press

The contact details below for the press officers at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport are intended for members of the media only. If you are not a journalist, please use the contact form or phone 1400 (Monday to Friday, 8.00 to 20.00). If you are calling from outside the Netherlands, please dial +31 70 214 02 14.

Contact details for questions about the coronavirus (press only)

Contact details for questions about COVID-19 are given by topic, below. Outside office hours, spokespersons are available for urgent questions only. Please note that spokespersons can be out of office during the summer holidays. Their out of office period can be found below. You can also email your questions to: perscoronavirus@minvws.nl. Your questions will be dealt with during office hours.

You might find answers to your questions also in: Coronavirus COVID-19
 

Topics dealt with by other public bodies

Because of the high pressure of work, we do not answer questions on topics that fall under the remit of other public bodies. These topics and the organisations responsible are:

Spokespersons for Ernst Kuipers, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport

Axel Dees

M: +31 (0)6 15 94 37 88
E: aj.dees@minvws.nl

  • Medical specialist care
  • Paramedical care
  • Oral care
  • Medical-ethical issues
  •  The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ)Integral Healthcare Agreement (IZA)

Karim Mostafi

M: +31 (0)6 15 68 38 22
E: k.mostafi@minvws.nl

  • Medicines
  • Infectious Disease Control
  • Health insurance
  • Health care allowance and package management
  • Medical instruments
  • Pandemic preparedness

Bart Vis

M: +31 (0)6 55 21 46 36
E: l.vis@minvws.nl

  • Covid:
    • Vaccination
    • Measures
    • Long-term strategy

Joeke Kootstra

M: +31 (0)6 21 17 41 69
E: jg.kootstra@minvws.nl

  • Emergency care
  • General practitioner care
  • Labourcare
  • Covid:
    • Long covid
    • Recovery care
  • Population Surveys
  • Knowledge and information infrastructure
  • Health protection
    • Food and product safety
    • Supervision Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)

Job Holzhauer

M: +31 (0)6 25 68 81 84
E: j.holzhauer@minvws.nl

  • Drugs:
    • Opium Law
    • Controlled cannabis supply chain experiment
  • Specialist medical education
  • E-health and innovation
  • Sustainability in healthcare

Tom Schobbers

M: +31 (0)6 50 16 76 88
E: te.schobbers@minvws.nl

  • Interview requests for minister Kuipers

Spokespersons for Conny Helder, Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport

Tom Elbersen

M: +31 (0)6 11 87 63 63
E: t.elbersen@minvws.nl

  • Sport
  • Integral Healthcare Agreement (IZA)

Eveline Petit

M: +31 (0)6 29 24 78 46
E: ew.petit@minvws.nl 

  • Elderly care and local care
  • Mental healthcare
  • Healthcare workers suffering from long covid

Frerick Althof

M: +31 (0)6 21 14 56 05
E: fl.althof@minvws.nl

  • Care for people with disabilities
  • Healthcare job market policies
  • Lawful care and good governance
  • Reducing regulatory pressure in healthcare
  • Personal budget (PGB)

Rard van Kollenburg

M: +31 (0)6 29 64 73 23
E: gc.v.kollenburg@minvws.nl

  • Interview requests for minister Helder

Spokespersons for Maarten van Ooijen, State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport

Ruben van Dorssen

M: +31 6 15 03 50 04
E: ruben.vandorssen@minvws.nl

  • Prevention
  • Health promotion (lifestyle)
  • Community service
  • Corporate accounts of the Ministry

Emilie Westerouen van Meeteren

M: +31 6 11 91 97 81
E: emilie.wvm@minvws.nl

  • Youth policy and youth law
  • Programme for young homeless persons
  • Healthcare policies in the Caribbean Netherlands

Mischa Stubenitsky

M: +31 6 24 51 23 63
E: mischastub@minvws.nl

  • Informal care policies
  • Social shelter policies
  • War victims and resistance participants

Tim Bennebroek

M: +31 6 44 93 65 66
E: tg.bennebroek@minvws.nl

  • Drugs (prevention)
  • Corporate accounts of the Ministry
  • Interview requests for State Secretary Maarten van Ooijen