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A Dutch letter you can't read: free bilingual objection letter tool
Care process & rights

A Dutch letter you can't read: free bilingual objection letter tool

Create a bilingual letter after a rejection

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Benefit refused, reduced or reclaimed? Three reasons you can use
Care process & rights

Benefit refused, reduced or reclaimed? Three reasons you can use

Create a bilingual letter after a rejection

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Coordination with a mandate: what a care coordinator does and does not do
Care process & rights

Coordination with a mandate: what a care coordinator does and does not do

Several healthcare providers, but nobody coordinates your care

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Five professionals and nobody who sees the whole: the process gap check
Care process & rights

Five professionals and nobody who sees the whole: the process gap check

Rarely one desk. Usually the gap in between.

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For Loved Ones and Carers: How loved ones become exhausted
Care process & rights

For Loved Ones and Carers: How loved ones become exhausted

Informal caregiver stuck or overburdened? Here is what to do

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Free independent client support in the Netherlands: what it is and how to ask
Care process & rights

Free independent client support in the Netherlands: what it is and how to ask

Independent client support: free help that stands beside you

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Free objection letter generator: seven types of letter in five steps
Care process & rights

Free objection letter generator: seven types of letter in five steps

Create a bilingual letter after a rejection

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From single stories to a pattern: why the answers are added up anonymously
Care process & rights

From single stories to a pattern: why the answers are added up anonymously

Rarely one desk. Usually the gap in between.

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Got a rejection in the Netherlands? Four things to check before you write
Care process & rights

Got a rejection in the Netherlands? Four things to check before you write

Create a bilingual letter after a rejection

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Health insurer refused to cover your care? Why this isn't a normal objection
Care process & rights

Health insurer refused to cover your care? Why this isn't a normal objection

The municipality points to your insurer. Your insurer sends you back.

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How to request your medical records in the Netherlands
Care process & rights

How to request your medical records in the Netherlands

Request your medical records: get the complete picture

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Lifelong on paper, shorter in practice: the aftercare check
Care process & rights

Lifelong on paper, shorter in practice: the aftercare check

Rarely one desk. Usually the gap in between.

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No decision received? What a notice of default is, and what it isn't
Care process & rights

No decision received? What a notice of default is, and what it isn't

Create a bilingual letter after a rejection

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Objection letter ready? Check this before you send it
Care process & rights

Objection letter ready? Check this before you send it

Sample objection letter: how to object to a rejection

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The Caretrap checks: naming where your path through the system gets stuck
Care process & rights

The Caretrap checks: naming where your path through the system gets stuck

Rarely one desk. Usually the gap in between.

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The six-week objection deadline in the Netherlands, and what to do when time's nearly up
Care process & rights

The six-week objection deadline in the Netherlands, and what to do when time's nearly up

Create a bilingual letter after a rejection

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There's a mistake in my medical file: what can actually be corrected?
Care process & rights

There's a mistake in my medical file: what can actually be corrected?

Request your medical records: get the complete picture

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What happens to your answers? How the Caretrap checks work
Care process & rights

What happens to your answers? How the Caretrap checks work

Rarely one desk. Usually the gap in between.

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When the illness isn't the heaviest part, but the journey around it
Care process & rights

When the illness isn't the heaviest part, but the journey around it

Rarely one desk. Usually the gap in between.

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Where does your data go? How the objection letter generator works
Care process & rights

Where does your data go? How the objection letter generator works

Create a bilingual letter after a rejection

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Who still checks whether your medication fits? The medication review check
Care process & rights

Who still checks whether your medication fits? The medication review check

Rarely one desk. Usually the gap in between.

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Years of symptoms without an explanation: what happened when you asked?
Care process & rights

Years of symptoms without an explanation: what happened when you asked?

Rarely one desk. Usually the gap in between.

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Your care stopped or you were refused: what you can ask for
Care process & rights

Your care stopped or you were refused: what you can ask for

Care stopped or refused? Here’s what to do

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Your municipality refused your support request? How to object
Care process & rights

Your municipality refused your support request? How to object

Wmo assistive device rejected: check what the decision is based on

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ACNES Treatment: From Injections to Neurectomy
Conditions & symptoms

ACNES Treatment: From Injections to Neurectomy

There is a clear route. As long as you are offered it.

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ACNES: The Often-Missed Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain
Conditions & symptoms

ACNES: The Often-Missed Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain

ACNES: unexplained abdominal pain that goes missed for years

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Adult ADHD: More Than Being Busy or Distracted
Conditions & symptoms

Adult ADHD: More Than Being Busy or Distracted

ADHD diagnosed later in life: when no one adds it all up

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Aftercare after bariatric surgery: the guideline says lifelong, the hospital often says five years
Conditions & symptoms

Aftercare after bariatric surgery: the guideline says lifelong, the hospital often says five years

Many hands at the bedside. But who guards the whole?

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Bariatric surgery doesn't stop after the first year
Conditions & symptoms

Bariatric surgery doesn't stop after the first year

Gastric bypass: the risks no one tells you about beforehand

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Did your bariatric surgery go well? That story counts just as much
Conditions & symptoms

Did your bariatric surgery go well? That story counts just as much

One story is an anecdote. A hundred stories are a pattern.

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Dumping after bariatric surgery: two kinds, two approaches
Conditions & symptoms

Dumping after bariatric surgery: two kinds, two approaches

Most complaints do not happen on the operating table

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Endometriosis: a median of over seven years to diagnosis, spread across three links
Conditions & symptoms

Endometriosis: a median of over seven years to diagnosis, spread across three links

Endometriosis: a median of more than 7 years to diagnosis

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Fibromyalgia: no abnormality found isn't the same as there's nothing there
Conditions & symptoms

Fibromyalgia: no abnormality found isn't the same as there's nothing there

Fibromyalgia: symptoms, diagnosis and recognition

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Gastric Bypass and Aftercare: Full explanation
Conditions & symptoms

Gastric Bypass and Aftercare: Full explanation

Gastric bypass: the risks no one tells you about beforehand

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Gastric Bypass and Aftercare: Practical tips
Conditions & symptoms

Gastric Bypass and Aftercare: Practical tips

Many hands at the bedside. But who guards the whole?

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Gastric Bypass and Aftercare: Risks and complications
Conditions & symptoms

Gastric Bypass and Aftercare: Risks and complications

Gastric bypass: the risks no one tells you about beforehand

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Gastric Bypass and Aftercare: When care becomes a trap
Conditions & symptoms

Gastric Bypass and Aftercare: When care becomes a trap

Gastric bypass: the risks no one tells you about beforehand

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IBS: a diagnosis you're given, not one that's left over
Conditions & symptoms

IBS: a diagnosis you're given, not one that's left over

IBS: the stomach pain that you keep to yourself

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Medication after a gastric bypass: can the effect change?
Conditions & symptoms

Medication after a gastric bypass: can the effect change?

Many hands at the bedside. But who guards the whole?

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Mental health after bariatric surgery: why it belongs in the aftercare
Conditions & symptoms

Mental health after bariatric surgery: why it belongs in the aftercare

Many hands at the bedside. But who guards the whole?

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Putting weight back on after bariatric surgery isn't a lack of discipline
Conditions & symptoms

Putting weight back on after bariatric surgery isn't a lack of discipline

Most complaints do not happen on the operating table

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Waiting for trauma treatment: what you can ask for in the meantime
Conditions & symptoms

Waiting for trauma treatment: what you can ask for in the meantime

PTSD: good treatment exists, almost no one gets it completely

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What do you wish you'd known before your bariatric surgery?
Conditions & symptoms

What do you wish you'd known before your bariatric surgery?

Gastric bypass: the risks no one tells you about beforehand

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When the painkiller becomes the headache: medication overuse headache in migraine
Conditions & symptoms

When the painkiller becomes the headache: medication overuse headache in migraine

Migraine: not 'just a headache'

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Is methylphenidate addictive? The answer needs some nuance
Medication

Is methylphenidate addictive? The answer needs some nuance

Methylphenidate can help. But who monitors the whole pattern?

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Is venlafaxine addictive? The difference between adaptation and addiction
Medication

Is venlafaxine addictive? The difference between adaptation and addiction

Venlafaxine: effects, side effects and stopping

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Methylphenidate after bariatric surgery: what do we know, and what don't we?
Medication

Methylphenidate after bariatric surgery: what do we know, and what don't we?

Methylphenidate can help. But who monitors the whole pattern?

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Relapse or withdrawal? Three differences when you're tapering venlafaxine
Medication

Relapse or withdrawal? Three differences when you're tapering venlafaxine

Venlafaxine: effects, side effects and stopping

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Short-acting or long-acting methylphenidate: why does that matter?
Medication

Short-acting or long-acting methylphenidate: why does that matter?

Methylphenidate can help. But who monitors the whole pattern?

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Venlafaxine: eight months on, and nobody's asked whether you still need it
Medication

Venlafaxine: eight months on, and nobody's asked whether you still need it

Venlafaxine: effects, side effects and stopping

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Venlafaxine: how it works, side effects, tapering, and the question nobody asks
Medication

Venlafaxine: how it works, side effects, tapering, and the question nobody asks

Venlafaxine: effects, side effects and stopping

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What does methylphenidate do, and how would you know it's actually working?
Medication

What does methylphenidate do, and how would you know it's actually working?

Methylphenidate can help. But who monitors the whole pattern?

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Who decides whether your ADHD medication still fits?
Medication

Who decides whether your ADHD medication still fits?

Methylphenidate can help. But who monitors the whole pattern?

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On a waiting list for mental health care in the Netherlands? Four things you can do
Zorgfuik & experiences

On a waiting list for mental health care in the Netherlands? Four things you can do

Stuck in care? What you can do now

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Rejected in care? Respond without digging yourself deeper into the trap
Zorgfuik & experiences

Rejected in care? Respond without digging yourself deeper into the trap

Dealing with a rejection: how to respond without digging yourself deeper into the trap

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Support refused: what a Dutch decision letter has to contain
Zorgfuik & experiences

Support refused: what a Dutch decision letter has to contain

Stuck in care? What you can do now

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