Looking back on 2023
Uncertainties regarding the details of COVID-19-related measures, which still came into play when the 2022 annual report was drawn up, were resolved in 2023. In the annual report for 2023 we therefore see a significant incidentally positive impact following the completion of these COVID-19 measures, while healthcare, education and research returned to normal in 2023. Our underlying management and (strategic) programs/projects could also resume in full again in 2023. We continued with the Healthcare of Tomorrow program and, pursuant to this, also worked hard once again on the implementation of our Strategic Housing Development Vision (SOH) . This did not yet lead to any major decisions regarding accomodations in 2023. Rising inflation, staff shortages, and growing demands for sustainability in used materials makes this a complex task. This delay has a financial impact that can be seen in the increase of our deposits in banks which we keep for future investments. The interests that we earn on these partially compensate for rising costs.
In the course of 2023, 9,362 FTEs were active at UMC Utrecht. 8,110 FTEs worked in collectively financed healthcare, education, and research, and 1,117 FTEs in research financed by other funding flows such as collection-box funds and companies. 135 FTEs were employed in other activities.
