On 26 October 2026, the Dutch government published its MedTech 2035 policy agenda, setting an ambition for the Netherlands to build Europe’s strongest MedTech ecosystem by 2035. The agenda recognises that medical technology must contribute both to better care and to a sustainable, resilient health system.
For UIZ.CARE, this makes the direction of travel clearer: healthcare innovations must be evaluated, integrated into care and, where they demonstrate value, scaled.
A policy shift from innovation to implementation
The MedTech 2035 agenda identifies six priorities: collaboration across regional ecosystems; data and AI infrastructure; implementation of technology in healthcare; market access; financing; and talent and entrepreneurship. It also sets out two initial spear initiatives: AI- and robotics-supported image-guided therapies, and “Technology for the care of tomorrow,” beginning with a regional hospital initiative in Twente.
The accompanying collaboration structure shows how government departments and sector partners are expected to work together through national oversight, a programme team, advisory groups, working groups and specific initiatives. The emphasis is on coordination across healthcare, research, industry, investors and government—not a single open funding route for every MedTech company.
The government has allocated €102.5 million to the agenda for 2027–2036. A separate government announcement on 26 October reported €150 million in private financing announced by Invest-NL and institutional investors, alongside Philips’s earlier €50 million announcement. These are sector-level commitments. UIZ.CARE has not been named as a recipient or selected initiative, and we are not treating these amounts as funding secured or available to our company.
Where UIZ.CARE fits
UIZ.CARE is developing clinical decision support for GPs working with young people aged 15–24 who may be experiencing emotional or psychosocial distress. Our focus is on helping young people structure relevant information and helping primary-care professionals organise recognition and triage within the consultation workflow.
Our strongest connection to the MedTech 2035 agenda is through its priorities on implementation, data and AI infrastructure, and collaboration across care ecosystems. UIZ.CARE is not one of the two initial spear initiatives. We see the agenda as a relevant policy context for the work ahead, rather than as an endorsement or funding commitment to UIZ.CARE.
The next step: evidence for safe adoption
Our feasibility work has helped us examine whether the platform can operate in a real-world primary-care context, including workflow, usability and technical readiness. It was not designed to establish clinical effectiveness, diagnostic accuracy, referral outcomes or health-economic impact. Those questions require prospective evaluation.
That is the next phase for UIZ.CARE: preparing clinical validation, human-factors research and care-pathway and health-economic evaluation, alongside regulatory readiness and implementation planning. This work will help us understand not only whether the technology can be used, but how it performs in practice, what support young people and GPs need to engage with it, and what evidence healthcare organisations will need to consider adoption.
We believe digital health tools should support professional judgement and be evaluated in the settings where care is delivered. For UIZ.CARE, progress therefore means working closely with young people, GP practices, researchers and implementation partners as we build the evidence for responsible use.
Building the next chapter together
The MedTech 2035 agenda is a signal that implementation and scale-up are becoming central to the Dutch MedTech conversation. For UIZ.CARE, this is a timely opportunity to contribute to that conversation while doing the rigorous clinical and operational work our next stage requires.
We welcome conversations with GP practices, healthcare organisations, research teams, youth representatives, regional MedTech ecosystems and investors who want to help build and evaluate practical, trustworthy tools for youth-centred primary care.
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The policy agenda letter sets the national ambition and priorities. The clearest fit for UIZ.CARE is implementation in healthcare and data and AI infrastructure. The two initial spear initiatives are image-guided therapies using AI and robotics, and “Technology for the care of tomorrow,” starting with an initiative in Twente. UIZ.CARE is not named among them. The €102.5 million allocation is for the wider agenda, not a grant awarded or promised to UIZ.CARE.
The collaboration-structure diagram shows a national coordination model involving government, sector groups, a programme team, working groups and the spear initiatives. It suggests ecosystem and implementation engagement, rather than a simple open funding route for individual companies.
The decision note provides administrative background, including the proposed €57.5 million VWS and €45 million EZK split. It also says further details of the initiatives and instruments would be worked out. For a public blog, I would rely on the final policy letter and government announcement, rather than include this internal financing breakdown.
