Tag: nursing shortage
Bavaria: A lot of work for nursing emergency call – Bavaria
In the first year of its existence, the Bavarian care SOS hotline received an average of 1.3 complaints per day. “Since the hotline was activated in March 2022, 793 inquiries…
SZ health forum on the subject of robots in care – Munich
The lack of care has not only been a glaring problem in the German healthcare system since the beginning of the pandemic. And not only there. There is a shortage…
Baby dies in his mother’s hospital bed: does it always have to be rooming-in? -Panorama
A woman, weakened from childbirth, falls asleep while breastfeeding in a hospital bed. Your newborn dies. This case in Italy begs the question: do hospitalized babies really need to be…
Lateral entry into care: "I’m a nicer version of myself at work"
In his early 40s, Simon Pyrzyk gave up his well-paid job as an office manager to work as a nurse. About the courage to start over and the feeling of…
Lateral entry into care: "I’m a nicer version of myself at work"
In his early 40s, Simon Pyrzyk gave up his well-paid job as an office manager to work as a nurse. About the courage to start over and the feeling of…
Major strike in UK healthcare – Economy
Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance drivers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are on strike. Soldiers are to step in as a substitute. Brits have been urged to…
Munich: state of emergency in the children’s hospitals – Munich
Influenza, RSV virus and corona: the number of infections is increasing. Nevertheless, 30 percent of the cots are canceled because there is a lack of nursing staff. “The situation is…
The futile struggle for more humane care for the elderly – economy
Ute Tobias founded a care cooperative in Emden. The award-winning initiative could help alleviate the nursing shortage if it weren’t for the financial problems and political quarrels. Ute Tobias remembers…
Emergency in care: Hundreds of calls for help with the new care SOS – Bavaria
Poor care, a lack of staff and even violence against infirm people: the State Office for Nursing in Bavaria has received more than 400 complaints since March. The Verdi union…
CSU wants to set up a care pool against a shortage of skilled workers – Bavaria
To combat the shortage of skilled workers in nursing, the CSU wants to introduce a Bavaria-wide personnel pool for all nursing and medical professions in the state parliament. This emerges…