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"Centralist egalitarianism": Holetschek opposes Lauterbach's hospital plans

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"Centralist egalitarianism": Holetschek opposes Lauterbach's hospital plans Created: 2022-12-04Updated: 2022-12-04 09:23 By: Miriam Haberhauer Bavaria's Health Minister Klaus Holetschek insists that hospital planning should remain a state matter. He is supported by his NRW counterpart. © IMAGO/Jean MW/Geisler-Fotopress The hospital reform is coming - the health ministers of Bavaria and North R


"Centralist egalitarianism": Holetschek opposes Lauterbach's hospital plans

Created: 2022-12-04Updated: 2022-12-04 09:23

By: Miriam Haberhauer

Bavaria's Health Minister Klaus Holetschek insists that hospital planning should remain a state matter.

He is supported by his NRW counterpart.

© IMAGO/Jean MW/Geisler-Fotopress

The hospital reform is coming - the health ministers of Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia are now insisting on the freedom of decision of the states in hospital planning.

Munich – From the point of view of Bavaria's Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU), hospital planning should remain the responsibility of the federal states.

The minister said this on the occasion of the presentation of a key issues paper on hospital reform announced by the Federal Ministry of Health.

He finds support from North Rhine-Westphalia's Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU).

Hospital reform: Minister of Health insists on the freedom of decision of the federal states

Which hospitals offer which care at which location is and will remain the sovereignty of the federal states, said Holetschek on Sunday and referred to the Basic Law.

“Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia are resolutely opposed to centralized egalitarianism, planned economic structures and excessive bureaucracy from Berlin offices.” The federal government must ensure adequate remuneration for the clinics.

In addition, the federal government should not neglect rural areas.

The two politicians demanded that there must continue to be nationwide and high-quality inpatient hospital care.

In Bavaria, more than half of the people live in rural areas.

"People expect comprehensive, flexible and easily accessible care," says Holetschek.

"Can't keep it up" - support from the NRW Minister of Health

His NRW colleague Laumann said: “In the hospital landscape there can be no “business as usual”.

It is good that the federal government, which is responsible for the operating costs of the hospitals, now wants to fundamentally revise the system of flat rates per case. "But: The federal states should remain responsible for hospital planning." The hospital structures in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Bavaria and North Rhine -Westphalia, for example, is very different and can hardly be compared with one another.

North Rhine-Westphalia has started to implement the new hospital strengthening plan 2022 across the state.

An additional 2.5 billion euros are to be made available from the state budget for this purpose.

In the future, planning will no longer be based on the number of beds, but on the basis of so-called service areas and groups.

According to the information, the new hospital plan was approved by mutual agreement in spring 2022.

Bavaria has invested more than 25 billion euros in its hospitals since the introduction of dual financing, and the funding level is currently around 643 million euros per year, according to Holetschek.

It is clear “that we must continue to have the opportunity to decide on hospital planning ourselves”.

Reducing bureaucracy, better financing: high hopes for hospital reform

Among other things, Holetschek and Laumann expect the hospital reform to result in better remuneration for inpatient treatment structures, complete financing of care services and full compensation for price increases.

In addition, the politicians are hoping for a reduction in bureaucracy, the preservation of the dual hospital financing system and funding programs for digitization and climate protection.

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With the announced changes, Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach is planning the largest hospital reform of the past 20 years.

However, Holetschek and Laumann agree that the reform announced by the SPD politician should not be "pushed through by parliamentary group amendments, as he is currently doing in other legislative processes".

Lack of staff, high energy prices, corona pandemic: The situation in Bavaria's clinics is still very tense.

In November, Holetschek therefore called on the federal government to ensure stable and long-term funding for healthcare facilities.

(dpa/mha)

Source: merkur

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