Dutch Minister of Health Edith Schippers has begun the task of reforming the nation’s laboratory sector - but is this good news? Independent labs in the country must, by law, be not-for-profits. They are, essentially, uninvestible. With changes coming to the €730m primary care diagnostics market, some labs eagerly expect liberalisation. We talk to Kees Broekman, manager of clinic operator VieCuri’s diagnostics department, and Thijs Veerman, CEO of independent primary care diagnostics operator Star-MDC, to find out more.