If things don’t change with the healthcare system, it would need to employ 1 in 4 Dutch citizens by 2040.

That’s according to Joyce van der Niet (PMB, 2017), who works on developing health prevention, technology and professional programmes to help make Rotterdam’s healthcare system future-proof.

But what can we do about it? She talks about being better neighbours, last year’s impact on health workers, and singing songs to your mother – as we walk around Het Park in Rotterdam.