Committees & Standing committees
Committees
The advisory reports from the Health Council of the Netherlands are drafted by committees composed of members from different disciplines. These committees are made up of members of the Health Council of the Netherlands and other experts. There are usually about 30 committees operating simultaneously. Furthermore, because the Health Council of the Netherlands carries out a number of set activities (see the information pertaining to the respective activity area), there are also committees of a semi-permanent nature. These are as follows: Committee on Medical Technology Assessment, Committee on the National Vaccination Programme, Committee on Population Screening, Committee on Horizon Scanning, Committee on Electromagnetic Fields, Committee on the Identification of Workplace Risks, Expert Committee on Occupational Safety and Advisory Committee on Health Research.
Finally, the Netherlands Centre for Ethics and Health is a forum in which both the Health Council of the Netherlands and the Council for Public Health and Health Care participate.
Standing committees
The Health Council of the Netherlands has eight standing committees of about 15 Council members each. The remit of every standing committee is:
- identifying issues and developments within the relevant field that are of importance to policies
- assessing draft advisory reports of ad hoc committees for scientific quality and consistency with the Council’s other advisory reports
- advising the chairman of the Health Council on substantive or procedural issues upon request
- providing advisory opinions as ad hoc committee.
The fields of activity of the current standing committees are:
