Job cuts in Health North: Medical associations raise the alarm!
Job cuts in Health North: Medical associations raise the alarm!
The discussion about the planned job cuts in the Bremen Health North Clinic Association (Geno) causes excitement in the city. The Marburger Bund medical association raises serious allegations against Health North and warns that this step could endanger patient safety. According to Weser-Kurier, managing director Jörg Fierling announced that up to 120 medical positions in Bremen are to be reduced, in particular at the clinic Bremen-Mitte and Clinic Bremen-Ost.
The situation is alarming: over 100 out of a total of 1200 medical points that are not financed by flat rates are already missing. The Marburger Bund draws attention to the fact that the need for job cuts in view of the acute lack of personnel is not understandable. Especially in the central emergency room at the Bremen-Mitte Clinic, the effects can be seen. According to Fierling, entire layers could not be occupied, which endangers patient care.
job cuts in the context of the hospital structure
Health North justifies the planned job cuts with a decline in stationary cases, since many services are now provided on an outpatient basis. The spokeswoman for Geno, Karen Matiszick, contradicts the allegations and explains that an internist is always available in the background. Part of the renovation process is also the reduction in the number of beds from 2000 to 1500, which leads to a lower need for doctors. However, the works council and the Marburger Bund see this argument a fatal misjudgment. They demand concrete structural proposals from the management to improve the situation.
Another point that often goes under in the debate is the shortage of skilled workers in the healthcare system, which according to an analysis of Pwc . A survey shows that 68 % of the nursing staff consider adequate payment as a decisive incentive to stay at work. In addition, better working hours (49 %) and better personnel equipment (47 %) are central demands.
consequences for Bremen health care
The measures of geno could not only undermine the motivation of the employees, but also lead to an alarming situation in patient care. According to Fierling, the announced job cuts in combination with the existing lack of doctors bring health care in Bremen in great danger. The Marburger Bund hopes that this public pressure will be reversed in personnel policy and that concrete solutions for health care in Bremen will be found.
The persistent discrepancies between the various actors of Health North raise questions: How can the safety of the patients be guaranteed if jobs are broken down at the same time? Will the clinics concerned be able to continue to meet the requirements of patient care in the future? It remains to be seen whether the voices are heard and health policy in Bremen takes a change of course.
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| Ort | Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Bremen, Deutschland |
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