The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate and Dutch Central government are committed to providing online information that is user friendly, accessible, well designed and findable. The websites of public authorities need to be easy for the public to find, view and use. To make sure that this happens, central government has adopted the Web Guidelines, which its website managers have to apply.
What is an accessible website?
You must be able to easily find, use and view government websites. To ensure this is the case, the central government applies the international standard for digital accessibility.
The Digital Government Act stipulates that all government websites (and apps) must comply with the accessibility requirements. This concerns the level-A and AA success criteria from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2.
Platform Rijksoverheid Online
This website is part of Platform Rijksoverheid Online (PRO) and complies with the main technical requirements. If a deviation is nevertheless detected, the creators of PRO will structurally solve this for all websites.
Additionally, the content of the website must comply with multiple editorial accessibility requirements. The website's own editorial team is responsible for this.
Accessibility statement
Independent experts have examined whether this website can easily be used by anyone. You can find the results of this examination in the register of accessibility statements. The statement explains what already works well on the website and what still needs to be improved.
Reporting a problem
If you have questions or comments about accessibility or are unable to use a page on this website properly, please contact us through the Contact page.