Overview
- The Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate found Fivoor’s care only partly met professional and forensic standards and mandated fixes in risk assessment, crisis‑prevention action plans, and use of the patient’s treatment plan.
- The inspectorate stressed that the required improvements do not show the fatal January 2 stabbing could have been prevented and do not indicate a current serious safety threat.
- Fivoor called the killing an appalling event, said it has begun implementing recommendations, and pledged to deliver a plan of action by December 1, with leadership describing the changes as feasible.
- Local stakeholders reacted sharply as Den Dolder’s residents’ association voiced alarm and Zeist politicians reiterated calls for the clinic’s departure, with an earlier 2027 exit target already deemed unlikely by owner Altrecht.
- The suspect’s forensic psychiatric evaluation at the Pieter Baan Centrum is expected mid‑November, with the substantive criminal proceedings projected to start in early 2026.