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Surgeons Congress Nursing is a threat to surgical success
For years, experts have pointed to the nationwide nursing emergency in hospitals. Has changed, apparently, only a little. The lack of nurses is still widespread. As a result, many patients are poorly cared for. This can lead to complications even after successful surgery.
Lack of caregivers
It is true that new technologies and increased standards of quality and performance have made surgery in Germany ever safer and more efficient. "However, the framework conditions are worse today than in the past," says a statement in the 134th Congress of the German Society of Surgery (DGCH), which starts in Munich on Tuesday. According to the experts, too much bureaucracy, changes in working time legislation and the economisation of clinics affect high-quality patient care and the doctor-patient relationship. The lack of nurses is also a major threat. This could jeopardize treatment success.
In Germany, patients are getting worse and worse care after surgery due to the lack of care. This endangers the treatment success. (Image: Photographee.eu/fotolia.com) Patients are getting worse and worse
DGCH President Professor med. Tim Pohlemann said: "Despite the enormous progress in surgery, Germany has significant deficits in patient care."
According to this, due to the lack of care during operations, patients are getting worse and less well supplied and released more quickly as economic pressure increases. "This ultimately endangers the success of treatment," warned the trauma surgeon.
And: "That also determines a higher or lower complication rate," said the President of the Congress of Surgeons, according to a message from the news agency dpa. The more often carers see a patient, the more likely they are to notice a negative development.
The physicians are also in demand: "We have to strengthen the patient-doctor relationship - assume broad responsibility for our patients and continue to give them confidence in good and safe care in the future," says Pohlemann
Adapt the system more flexibly to the individual case
Although demographic change requires ever-older patients to provide more care, this is offset by flat-rate remuneration.
Because there is a case lump sum for every clinical picture - regardless of how the patient is treated and how complex the care is. According to the experts, the system had to be adapted more flexibly to the individual case.
"Our demand is that we get the appropriate reward key for every need of care."
Less dependent patients per caregiver
According to the agency report, studies show that Germany falls behind in terms of staffing in hospitals by international comparison.
"Nursing is the biggest cost factor in a hospital." Therefore, it is always saved here. In this country would come to a nurse or a sister eight to 14 patients in Scandinavia, the ratio is 1: 3 to 1: 5. (Ad)