An €800 million Dutch government fund to scale proven care and social support innovations between 2027 and 2029. If you work in healthcare or social care in the Netherlands, part of it likely applies to you.

Doorbraakmiddelen covers general practice, hospitals, elderly and home care, and mental health care within healthcare, plus the social domain through municipalities. On the healthcare side, funding applies to five specific technology tracks: voice-driven reporting, digital triage, capacity planning, mentaal schakelpunt, and tele and home monitoring. In the social domain, it applies to proven approaches across six areas: support points for people with severe mental illness, social referral, fall prevention, adult obesity, childhood obesity, and preconception health. Elderly care sits at the intersection of both, since it spans clinical care and municipal support.

Implementation, not software: training, integration and project management. Seventy per cent of the healthcare-route budget pays out on implementation milestones. The remaining thirty per cent depends on proving real results, adoption and time saved, measured against your own baseline, so that measurement needs to start before you apply.

The formal deadline is 15 January 2027, but that's not the one that matters. You need a chosen partner and a credible plan in place before the application portal opens in December 2026. The real decision window is October and November 2026, which is now.

Most healthcare organisations are, either on their own or by joining with others regionally. Hospitals need at least 200 clinicians using the technology to apply independently; elderly, home and mental health care need at least 100. Pilot-only proposals aren't accepted, since this fund is for scaling something proven, not testing something new.

Tandem's ambient documentation solution is a direct match for the voice-driven reporting model plan, backed by real-world evidence from an independent European deployment. We can help you build your reference case and get ready for the window that matters. Get in touch with Aron Kuisch, Country Director Tandem Health Netherlands, at aron.kuisch@tandemhealth.ai.