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On January 1 2016, the Healthcare Quality, Complaints and Disputes Act (Wet kwaliteit, klachten en geschillen zorg) came into force. This Act was evaluated for the first time in 2020. In a recently published article, Prof. Johan Legemaate and Dr. Rolinka Wijne comment on the outcomes of this evaluation in cooperation with their colleagues Prof. Roland Friele (Tilburg University) and Linda Knap (Nivel).

The topics that were discussed in the evaluation were: the relation between the Act and new developments in health care, the rules with regard to reporting requirements of health care institutions in the case of misconducts, and the rules regarding dispute resolution in the case of conflicts between health care institutions and patients. The authors point out multiple issues and suggest solutions surrounding these topics.

This article was published in edition 5 (2021) of the Dutch Journal of Health Law (Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidsrecht).

Prof. J. (Johan) Legemaate

Faculty of Law

Gezondheidsrecht

Mr. dr. R.P. (Rolinka) Wijne

Faculty of Law

Gezondheidsrecht