BNG podcast ‘Added Value at the Table’: A bag of money for healthcare

Financing specialist mental healthcare is a major challenge for many mental healthcare institutions and banks. It is expected that more than half of mental healthcare institutions will not be able to turn a profit this year. At the same time, the demand for specialist mental healthcare is greater than ever. So how do you ensure that everyone who needs care can receive it with that one budget? And is that even possible? Presenter Maarten Bouwhuis asks Arron Bell, director of GGZ-Friesland, and Selma Huizer, senior relationship manager for healthcare at BNG.

Presentator Maarten Bouwhuis in gesprek met Arron Bell van GGZ Friesland en Selma Huizer van BNG Bank tijdens een event over financiering van specialistische GGZ.

GGZ (mental healthcare) Friesland focuses on specialist healthcare. It provides acute care, as well as specialist and highly complex care, both in clinics and in people's homes. ‘It really concerns patients who need intensive treatment,’ explains Bell. BNG does not finance the care itself, but rather the real estate. That is where the challenge lies, because specialist mental healthcare real estate must meet various preconditions. ‘You can't just use any office building for this,’ concludes Bell.

'That is why it is important that BNG not only acts as a financier but also as a partner within the social arena in which it operates.'
Selma Huizer
Senior Relationship Manager Healthcare at BNG

In addition, with such specific financing, it is also important that the loan granted is ultimately repaid. Huizer agrees: ‘That is why it is important that BNG acts not only as a financier but also as a partner within the social playing field in which it operates.’

Curious to find out how BNG and GGZ-Friesland do this? Listen to the entire episode of the BNG podcast ‘Meerwaarde aan Tafel’ (Added Value at the Table): A bag of money for healthcare.

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Selma Huizer

Senior Relationship Manager Healthcare

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