Threatening care crisis Further 500 million euros planned

Additional 500 million euros against impending care emergency

For a long time, a nationwide nursing emergency in hospitals is feared. To counter this, according to a media report, an additional half a billion euros should be provided by the policy. 

With 500 million euros threatening care crisis counteract
According to a media report, health politicians from the Union and the SPD want to counteract the impending care crisis in the approximately 2,000 hospitals with an additional 500 million euros. Health experts and patient advocates have warned against this danger for a long time. One of the reasons for this is that fewer and fewer hospitals are treating more and more patients in Germany. The two members of the Bundestag and leading health experts of the governmental factions, Karl Lauterbach (SPD) and Georg Nüßlein (CDU) have agreed on a corresponding six-point paper available to the Editorial Network Germany (RND).

Supplement of the hospital reform
It is said to be a supplement to hospital reform. This would certainly make sense, since it was recently criticized by patient advocates that the hospital reform was not demographic safe. According to the report, the care subsidies for the hospitals will be increasingly geared to their budgets for nursing staff. "Hospitals that do not save or save on nursing staff will in future receive more money. On the other hand, staff cuts are punished, "said Lauterbach to the RND. According to the information, clinics should be required to "explicitly declare" their annual costs for nursing staff in the budget negotiations. As Lauterbach explained, the proposed package serves as an incentive to retrieve unused funds for additional nursing staff. Now put on "thumbscrews" to improve the ever-worsening care situation in hospitals. (Ad)