Borders may fade, but care remains.

Anyone working in healthcare today knows the reality: there’s plenty of work, but not enough hands. Not tomorrow, not next year just now. Nurses, carers, support staff: on almost every ward, people are shifting schedules, improvising, and stepping in wherever they can. And that’s without even mentioning the people behind the scenes, planners, coordinators, technicians. The pressure is real, and the end doesn’t seem to be in sight.

So what do you do as a system? As a society? Do you keep searching within the same boundaries, or do you dare to look wider?

At DCG, we chose the second. Not because it’s easier, but because we believe it’s necessary. While waiting lists in the Netherlands continue to grow, there are people elsewhere in the world ready to provide care, qualified nurses who want nothing more than to practise their profession, but who don’t have the opportunity to do so locally.

What if you connect those worlds?

That is exactly what DCG works on every day. Not by simply “flying people in,” but by building sustainable relationships. We invest in language, culture, training, and ongoing support. Because when you welcome someone from another country into Dutch healthcare, you do it with care, with preparation, and with respect for both sides.

And it works!

Not overnight, but step by step, with committed healthcare professionals and partners who are willing to see things differently. The impact? More continuity on the work floor, reduced workload pressure, and, perhaps most importantly, space to truly provide care again.

Labour market shortages are not a temporary problem. But they are not unsolvable either. By opening borders, literally and figuratively, new opportunities emerge. For healthcare organizations. For international professionals. And for everyone who deserves good care.