For International Nursing Day, Munich nurses showed health policy the red card in front of the Giesing social center on Wednesday.
Munich - Even in the first lockdown *, nurses were applauded for their services, and politics promised better conditions.
But not much has happened so far - and displeasure is growing.
Demo in Giesing: "Nurses have been working hard for months"
In Giesing, those affected vented their anger. Your demands: a needs-based staffing and nationwide appropriate payment. “The employees in the hospitals have been working on the attack for months in order to provide the people in the corona pandemic * with the best possible care. In the elderly, too, the situation remains extremely tense in view of the shortage of personnel, ”says Dierk Aßmuth, works council at AWO Munich. “The professional carers now need the signal that the conditions are improving as quickly as possible and permanently.” Jens Spahn * (CDU) has recently presented a number of legislative initiatives, but in the crucial places these fell far short of what was necessary.
“The federal government and employers are responsible for stopping the escape from the care professions through better working conditions,” says works councilor Ingrid Greif.
"The health policy has promised a lot, but has not brought any relief." Here, employees explain what needs to change:
Demands: Reduce bureaucracy in care and a better tariff
+
Dierk Aßmuth (50), works council of the AWO from Munich
© Achim Schmidt
There has to be better pay and better equipment for staff. With better equipment, we would have more time for the people we look after. Another important point would be to reduce the bureaucracy of care. The effort that we have to put into this is extremely high. That costs time that is wasted elsewhere. And of course we need a better tariff. Many nurses are migrating to the private sector. We are permanently missing these skilled workers. Corona * exacerbated the problem again. We are very dissatisfied with Jens Spahn. A lot was initiated and then none of it was brought to an end. And so most of the nursing staff are exhausted and at the end of their tether. A brief applause doesn't help either.
Dierk Aßmuth (50), works council of the AWO from Munich
"Nursing students have to do over 2000 unpaid practical hours - that has to be changed"
+
Sonja Voss (43), geriatric nurse from Munich
© Achim Schmidt
In the care of the elderly and in hospitals, we need personnel assessment tools.
There was a corresponding study in 2019.
Implementation should start in 2020.
But nothing happened.
In addition, we need more professionalism in all care areas.
To do this, more people would have to study nursing.
However, the framework conditions are very daunting.
Among other things, students have to do over 2000 unpaid practical hours on the side.
That has to be changed.
And we expressly demand this from politicians.
Sonja Voss (43), geriatric nurse from Munich
In the case of private sponsors, wage dumping must come to an end
+
Christian Reischl (54), union secretary from Munich
© Achim Schmidt
Today, on the day of the carers, we would like to draw attention to the situation of the carers and in particular to those who are particularly affected by the corona pandemic *.
These are not just those who work in the intensive care units, these are also the people who work in geriatric care.
Because here too there were and are contact restrictions and correspondingly special burdens.
In addition, the equipment situation is poor and politics is blocked.
Therefore we would like to show her the red card.
We are calling for a uniform collective agreement and an end to wage dumping for many private providers.
Christian Reischl (54), union secretary from Munich
The profession of geriatric nurse needs to become more attractive
+
Maximilian Zierer (27), geriatric nurse from Munich
© Achim Schmidt
We feel left alone.
That was the case even before the crisis.
Then we got a little bit of applause, but that was it again.
And this is especially true in the area of elderly care.
Many of my colleagues can no longer, want to change jobs, are exhausted.
We are too few and some are not well educated.
Politicians should make the job more attractive.
More money, better working hours or other benefits would help.
Promotions, maybe at schools, might also be helpful.
At the moment the job is extremely unattractive.
But he's so important.
Maximilian Zierer (27), geriatric nurse from Munich
* Merkur.de / bayern and * tz.de / muenchen are offered by IPPEN.MEDIA
List of rubric lists: © Achim Schmidt
