Find a pharmacy in Deventer
Deventer, a Hanseatic city of roughly 100,000 residents on the IJssel in Overijssel, sustains a compact but well-distributed pharmacy network of eight verified locations in the PillsCard directory. The catchment extends well beyond the city walls: commuters from Bathmen, Diepenveen and Schalkhaar rely on Deventer dispensaries, as do students attending Saxion University of Applied Sciences. Practices cluster around the historic binnenstad and the postwar residential belts of Keizerslanden, Borgele, Zandweerd and the planned district of Vijfhoek in Colmschate. The Deventer Ziekenhuis on Nico Bolkesteinlaan anchors clinical demand for outpatient prescriptions, while several apotheken serve dedicated GP-cluster patient lists under the Dutch huisarts-apotheek referral model. Cross-border traffic is minimal compared with Limburg or Twente, so the network is shaped by local primary-care demand rather than tourism.
The market is a mix of chain-affiliated and independent ownership rather than a single dominant brand. BENU operates two recognisable sites, including BENU Apotheek St. Jozef, while Alphega Apotheek represents the franchised independent-pharmacist model that is common across Dutch mid-sized cities. Long-standing neighbourhood dispensaries such as Apotheek Meindersma and Apotheek Zandweerd serve their immediate postcodes, and Apotheek Keizerslanden anchors prescribing for the northern residential ring. Apotheek De Vijfhoek covers the Colmschate growth area east of the A1, and Cath rounds out the binnenstad presence. Hospital-discharge prescriptions are typically routed through whichever apotheek holds the patient's standing medication record, which keeps the picture fragmented but coordinated through the regional LSP exchange.
Pricing & coverage
Dispensing fees in Deventer follow the national NZa tariff structure: a standard first dispensing fee (terhandstellingstarief) sits around EUR –, with repeat dispensings around EUR –, and a weekend or out-of-hours surcharge of roughly EUR –. The medicine itself is reimbursed under the GVS if it falls within the basisverzekering, leaving patients to cover the annual eigen risico (EUR in ) before insurance pays. Over-the-counter products such as paracetamol 0mg (~EUR ) or ibuprofen 0mg (~EUR ) are self-paid. Authorised medicines and the reimbursement framework are overseen by the