Symposium on cross-border healthcare in the DE-NL border region

Would you like to learn more about how European cooperation contributes to better healthcare across borders and what this means in practice for patients, healthcare professionals, and policymakers?

Then visit the Symposium on Cross-border healthcare in the DE-NL border region, taking place in Groningen on October 30, 2025.

Directive 2011/24/EU on patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare provides an important framework for promoting patient mobility and cross-border cooperation. The symposium will focus on the opportunities of European Reference Networks for patients with rare diseases and will present the Health4DE-NL Interreg project as a concrete initiative that supports the goals of the directive.

The European Commission, in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), the Cross-Border Institute of Healthcare Systems and Prevention (CBI), and with the support of the National Contact Point EU-Patienten.de of the DVKA, cordially invites you to attend this event.

Register today and join the conversation about the future of cross-border healthcare!