Straub demands more outpatient treatment from the hospitals

About 10% of the approximately 2.000 German hospitals will have to close Wuppertal/Berlin – More outpatient treatment at hospitals is demanded by the chief on Germany’s largest health insurer.  The CEO of Bramer GEK, Christopher Straub, warned on Monday the hospitals in Wuppertal, to use the economic pressure in order to break up old structures.…

German doctors call for the reduction of bureaucracy in the health-care system

“THE BUREAUCRATIC MADNESS MUST STOP!”   Munich / Munster /Berlin – The Board of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV), describes the health service in Bavaria, Germany, as an “over-regulated system that because of its complexity, leaves little room for a proper reform”. This statement is referring to a study conducted by the consulting firm AT…

FRUSTRATED EASTERN EUROPEAN DOCTORS HEAD WEST

More and more eastern European doctors are heading west as government economic austerity measures eat into their pay and conditions deteriorate, leaving behind understaffed health systems in crisis. From Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, growing numbers of physicians, surgeons, anesthetists and other specialists are packing up for countries like Britain, Germany and Sweden. “There are no…