Cold structural change in the hospital sector: Pension crisis threatens
Cold structural change in the hospital sector: Pension crisis threatens
People in Germany rightly expect reliable hospital care, both in rural areas and in metropolitan areas. Unfortunately, the hospitals have been underfunded for many years, which leads to massive problems and increasing bankruptcies. The existing and further tightening underfunding could lead to a supply crisis. The cold structural change in the hospital sector threatens security of supply and unsettles employees.
In order to ensure patient care, the Marburger Bund demands that politics, in particular the Federal Minister of Health, ensure existing structures and carry out changes in an orderly process on the basis of a reform agreed between the federal and state governments. Financing commitments for 2026 cannot avert impending bankruptcies. It is urgently needed to create functional and needs -based structures in order to keep doctors and nursing staff in the long term in hospital care and to win new specialists.
BUND and countries are equally required to initiate a financial and structural reform that is geared towards the current and future care needs and promptly financed tariff increases as well as increased material costs. Any further delay in the reform project would further exacerbate the situation and lead to an investment level in many clinics.
The hospitals need planning security and trust in political support to improve their situation. It is important that the politicians support them in coping with the current challenges and does not let them down.
in Berlin, a city with several renowned hospitals, the discussion about the financing and structure of hospital care plays a crucial role. The population of the city is heavily dependent on a reliable hospital infrastructure, and current underfunding is a real danger to security of supply. A comprehensive financial and structural reform in the hospital sector is therefore urgently necessary to ensure the supply of the Berlin population in the long term.
In the following table, some facts about the hospital care in Berlin are listed:
| Number of hospitals in Berlin | 67 |
| Number of beds in Berlin hospitals | 23.473 |
| Average length of stay in the hospital 7.4 days |
| Number of outpatient operations per year 656.616 |
| Number of inpatient operations per year 236.092 |
These figures illustrate the importance of stable financing and efficient structuring of Berlin hospitals to ensure the health care of the population. Sub -financing could lead to massive problems and endanger the well -being of the patient.
It remains to be seen whether politics takes the demands of the Marburg Confederation seriously and other actors in the healthcare system seriously and take concrete measures to improve the situation in hospital care. The future of security of supply and the attractiveness of the Berlin health location are at stake.
It is hoped that politics will take the urgent concerns of the population and the employees in the hospital sector seriously and take appropriate measures in order to secure hospital care in Berlin and all over Germany in the long term. This is the only way to adequately treat serious illnesses in the future and guarantee the health of the citizens.