2024-05-11 22:00:00
By 2030, there will be a shortage of 90,000 nursing staff in Austria, warns the Association of Austrian Religious Hospitals and calls for far-reaching measures from politicians. In addition to making the area more attractive, what is needed above all is a clear immigration strategy and faster admission procedures, according to a corresponding press release.
AUSTRIA. “Austria has a massive problem with qualified specialists in the nursing sector. There will be a shortage of 90,000 nursing staff by 2030,” warns the Association of Austrian Religious Hospitals on Nursing Day on May 12th. In addition to attractive incentives for existing nursing staff, the working group says there is an urgent need for an immigration strategy and an acceleration in professional licensing.
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Incentives and immigration strategy
What is specifically required are incentives that make it more attractive for existing nursing staff to switch from part-time to full-time. “Attractive remuneration models are undoubtedly an important component. If we managed to motivate part-time nursing staff to work in full-time models, the personnel bottleneck would be solved for the time being,” emphasizes ARGE head Peter Bohynik.
Furthermore, there is a need for a “clear and legally secure immigration strategy that will enable us to bring more workers to Austria”. What is important here is to integrate these people into the work process as quickly as possible and to create an attractive environment. “Germany brings 20,000 nursing staff into the country every year, we only manage 130 on average,” asserts the expert.
Faster approval process
One reason for this sparse immigration into the labor market is, among other things, the “extremely long” waiting times in the migration process from third countries. University-qualified specialists would need up to 8 months until all official processes are completed – “time that is missing in the health and care sector,” the ARGE criticizes the “bureaucratic marathon, which also makes it very unattractive to come to Austria”. An important component is therefore to speed up the approval process for nursing professions.
Religious hospitals in Austria
The 23 religious hospitals in Austria care for up to two million patients every year. Nationwide, every fifth hospital bed is in a religious order hospital – in absolute numbers that’s around 7,800 beds. With around 22,500 employees, the religious hospitals are also an important employer in the health and nursing sector.
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