2023-09-01 08:32:04
The GÖD health union and younion – Team Health warn of the growing shortage of staff in the health sector. According to calculations by the trade unions, there are currently around 2,000 fewer qualified health and nursing staff in the health system than in 2019. A similar trend is emerging in other professional groups. The unions therefore demanded immediate countermeasures from Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) on Friday.
The actual drop in the ratio of new registrations to retirements in the public health sector over the past four years is likely to be even greater, as de-registrations from the health professions register will not be fully apparent until 2024, when the currently pending registration extensions have been completed, GÖD- Health union and younion in an open letter to Rauch. “Against this background, the personnel ‘trend reversal’ promised by the federal government in 2025 is highly unrealistic,” it continues.
“The current conditions are unacceptable – and endanger not only those who work in this area, but also all people who depend on the services of this system,” criticized the chairman of the younion – team health, Edgar Martin, in a broadcast. The chairman of the GÖD health union, Reinhard Waldhoer, threatened to take action “if the political leaders are not prepared to prevent the impending burnout of the health system.”
Specifically, the unions are once once more demanding a consistent adjustment of benefits to the number of employees, tax exemption from the 32nd hour per week, shorter working hours with full wage compensation, a regulation for hard labor for all employees and a living wage for trainees.
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