New measure enforcement in Bremerhaven: Will the plan reality?

New measure enforcement in Bremerhaven: Will the plan reality?

Bremerhaven, Deutschland - The state of Lower Saxony plans to set up a measure enforcement in the former Ameos Hospital in Bremerhaven. A corresponding request has already been made to the Bremen health authority. The aim is to accommodate mentally ill or drug addicts in this facility. Lower Saxony intends to commission a private carrier to operate the intelligence enforcement. While such private operators in the state of Lower Saxony are permitted, it is different in neighboring Bremen, where this is not yet allowed. This discrepancy could bring about both opportunities and challenges for Bremen, especially if Bremen patients are treated in the new facility.

such as Butunbinnen.de, a viewing date has already been carried out in the former Ameos Clinic, in which the employees of the Bremen health department, the Lower Saxony Ministry of Health and Ameos took part. However, it remains uncertain whether and in what form the plans are actually pursued; A spokeswoman for the Bremen health department said that this has not yet been secured.

Special location in Bremerhaven

The location in the city center of Bremerhaven should be emphasized. As a rule, institutions of the power enforcement are more in rural areas or on the outskirts. This could also be an advantage for Bremen patients, as it means in the article by Butunbinnen.de. Currently, the enforcement of measures is housed in the state of Bremen in the Bremen Ost Clinic, which does not always make the situation easy for those affected.

But the challenges in the intellectual enforcement are not only locally to be found, but are part of a much larger picture. Because in Germany, the intelligence enforcement has been struggling with overcrowding, lack of personnel and financial bottlenecks for years. According to a report by the [Ärzteblatt] (https://www.aerztblatt.de/archiv/psychiatrische-krankenhaeuser-des--düberlicht-und- Untervergt- bac6807b-9204-b383-b3859b3d1), many psychiatric clinics are overloaded, so this is not can accept new patients more. In Berlin, a hotspot of capacity problems, the situations are particularly dramatic, since additional beds are often set up in rooms that are actually intended for therapy or care.

The general situation in the intelligence enforcement

In total there are 78 implementation facilities in Germany with around 10,000 mentally ill and addicts accommodated. A survey by the DGPPN presentate forensic psychiatry from 2023 shows that 68 % of the clinics report on overcrowding and almost half is not sufficiently staffed. This means that in many clinics patients are locked up at night due to the lack of staff and therapies can often not be offered at all.

The political and health responsible now urgently require that sufficient spatial and personnel resources are made available in order to counter this condition. The desired furnishing planning in Bremerhaven could be a small but important step in the right direction if it occurs. However, it remains to be seen whether the situation will soon improve and how those responsible in Lower Saxony and Bremen can create the necessary framework conditions.