Tag: Medical profession
Why the costs for a care place are increasing – and what helps
Berlin Home care is becoming more and more expensive. According to an evaluation by the Association of Substitute Health Insurance Funds (vdek), a nationwide average of 2548 euros per month…
Children’s clinics: Bundestag wants to relieve hospitals
Health Minister Lauterbach More efficient time management and better financing should relieve nursing staff in clinics. (Photo: dpa) Berlin On Friday, the Bundestag passed a comprehensive package of laws on…
Many nurses did not receive a corona premium
work in nursing home The premium was intended to reward nurses for their work during the pandemic. (Photo: imago/photothek) Berlin Nursing staff in clinics and retirement homes could look forward…
Karl Lauterbach plans billions in aid for clinics and care
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach The minister sees a need of four billion euros in hospitals and 650 million euros in inpatient care. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin In view of the…
Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Svante Pääbo
prizewinner Svante Pääbo from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. (Photo: dpa) This year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to the Swede Svante Pääbo, who researches in…
Immigration solves staff shortages
Installation of a solar system In the skilled trades, the shortage of skilled workers is particularly great at the moment. (Photo: imago/Frank Sorge) Berlin Craftsmen are in short supply, educators…
Those in need of care face massive cost increases
Inpatient geriatric care The cost of a place in a nursing home has risen despite the performance subsidy that was approved in January. (Photo: picture alliance / photothek) Berlin The…
Which helpers earn more than professionals
flower shop The wages for trained florists are among the lowest among skilled occupations. (Photo: Imago) Berlin Learn a decent job, then you can earn decent money and be secure.…
Karl Lauterbach wants to relieve nursing
Karl Lauterbach Lauterbach first announced the project two weeks ago before the conference of health ministers in Magdeburg. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) wants to counteract the…
Federal Constitutional Court approves compulsory care vaccination
Corona vaccination Karlsruhe has once again dealt with the obligation to vaccinate employees in the healthcare sector. Karlsruhe The Federal Constitutional Court has confirmed the institution-related vaccination requirement. According to…
The Bundestag will vote on these proposals today
Thursday is now the day of truth for Scholz and the traffic light coalition. The Bundestag will vote on compulsory vaccination. One thing is already clear: the measure that Scholz…
The vaccination chaos is the oath of disclosure of the traffic light
traffic light coalition Olaf Scholz (r.) in conversation with the FDP ministers Wissing, Stark-Watzinger and the Deputy President of the Bundestag Kubicki (above from left). (Photo: imago images/Chris Emil Janssen)…
Will vaccinations be compulsory from the age of 60?
Waiting for the Corona vaccination On Thursday, the Bundestag will vote on compulsory vaccination. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The advocates of compulsory vaccination in the traffic light coalition continue to fight…
New compromise proposal for compulsory corona vaccination from the age of 60
Janosch Dahmen The Greens health expert is part of one of the groups of MPs who tabled the new proposal. (Photo: dpa) Berlin There is movement in the struggle for…
Push for compulsory corona vaccination from the age of 18 failed for the time being
The proposal comes from a group of MPs from the SPD, Greens and FDP. In addition to Till Steffen (Greens), this also includes Dagmar Schmidt (SPD), Dirk Wiese (SPD), Janosch…
Plans for compulsory corona vaccination from the age of 18 have failed
Corona vaccination Parliamentarians are still divided on the implementation of compulsory vaccination. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants vaccinations to be compulsory from the age of 18, Health Minister…
Scholz is looking for a majority with the Union
Berlin Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is counting on an agreement with the CDU and CSU in order to successfully get a law for general compulsory vaccination through the Bundestag. As…
Vaccination obligation for health insurance companies not feasible
Vaccination Center Schwerin Health Minister Karl Lauterbauch vaccinates a volunteer. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The debate about mandatory corona vaccination in Germany is entering the decisive phase. In a few weeks,…
Karl Lauterbach presents key points
Karl Lauterbach The SPD minister presents key points for a care bonus. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The care bonus was one of the central promises of the coalition agreement, now Federal…
Compulsory vaccinations for doctors, nurses and co.: Rules in other European countries
Düsseldorf, Stockholm, London, Rome, Vienna, Athens While Germany is starting partial vaccination in mid-March, Great Britain is just abolishing it again. In November, London made vaccination mandatory in retirement homes…