01 April 2020 – Established centre to coordinate the medicine supply

Intervention Categories: Legal and policy; New initiatives
Level of Jurisdiction: National

Overview: The Dutch Government has established a national medicines coordination centre, organised by the Dutch Association of Hospital Pharmacists (NVZA).

The centre monitors the availability of medicine stocks in hospitals, pharmacies and other suppliers to ensure necessary medicines are available for corona patients in intensive care.
Full details here: https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/coronavirus-covid-19/nieuws/2020/03/31/landelijk-coordinatiecentrum-geneesmiddelen-voor-coronapatienten-op-intensive-care