Denise Barendse is an experienced professional in quality and safety advisory roles within the healthcare sector, currently serving as Adviseur Kwaliteit en Veiligheid at Laurentius Ziekenhuis since August 2019. Prior to this, Denise worked at Máxima MC where responsibilities included advising on quality and safety for various medical specialties and acting as Secretary for the Care-Related Damage Committee, focusing on incident analysis and improvement actions. Earlier roles included Policy Officer for Quality and Innovation at Huisartsen Oostelijk Zuid Limburg and Researcher at ZIO/Huisartsenzorg Maastricht-Heuvelland, contributing to the development and research of primary care services. Denise holds a Master of Science in Healthcare Innovations from Maastricht University.