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Around 600 children in the Netherlands get cancer every year. Ten years ago, a group of parents and healthcare professionals started working towards one national children’s cancer center: Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology. This concentration and integration of specialized pediatric oncology provides a cure and optimal quality of life for every child with cancer. Close cooperation between care and research will lead to more children being cured of cancer, with fewer adverse effects later in life.

It is a free translation of the vision and mission of the Princess Máxima Center. The most extensive form of concentration of pediatric care in the Netherlands. Thanks to a system of shared care centers spread across the country, high-quality care is provided according to the principle: far away what is necessary and close to what is possible.

I am convinced that this principle should be the guiding principle in issues surrounding the concentration of care. Low complex care (often with a high volume) does not generally require concentration of care. Highly complex care (often with a low volume), on the other hand, often benefits from the concentration of care. This can be at a national level, but it can of course be recommended to look at this from a European perspective.