Asylum seekers at the enforcement and supervision location (htl) of the COA in Hoogeveen generally have good access to health care. This has emerged from an investigation by the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ).
The IGJ conducted an investigation in response to a report from the Justice and Security Inspectorate (IJV) in August last year. That report showed that employees use violence, while that is not allowed at all. Also, the facilities at the location would not be good enough. IGJ now concludes that the care is sufficient, but that there are areas for improvement.
A GP is always available and there are good agreements about referrals to other healthcare providers. IGJ says that the employees have an eye for the health of the residents. However, there is a risk that the rules at the htl have a delaying effect.
The recommendations from the report are mainly things that need to be refined. For example, according to the report, the absence of a behavioral expert is undesirable. The Inspectorate also sees the non-committal nature of staff training as a problem. In addition, research shows that it is poorly recorded whether pain medication is provided to asylum seekers, so that there are no tools for referring people if necessary.
In September, the Inspectorate visited the enforcement and supervision location for the investigation.