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In Germany, a so-called facility-based vaccination obligation currently applies to all persons working in medical care. This means that hospitals, rehab providers and nursing homes, as employers, must ensure that staff are vaccinated against Corona with vaccines recognised in the EU. From October, even stricter rules for proof of immunity will also apply. But the whole requirement expires at the end of the year and so far there is no regulation for after that. The issue is the subject of much debate. The German Hospital Association is against an extension, as it now considers it no longer necessary. Since Germany is organised in

The Bertelsmann Stiftung study published on 29 August 2022 deals with the topics of participation, connectedness and belonging and provides interesting insights into how people with and without an immigrant background perceive living together in the German immigration society. A large majority of over 70 per cent of respondents, both with and without an immigrant background, say they are satisfied overall with their life in Germany. About 80 per cent of those surveyed feel comfortable in German

As of this Thursday, September 1, the obligation for nursing homes and outpatient care services to pay their nursing staff according to collective wage agreements takes effect. According to the German Federal Ministry of Health, this will increase salaries by up to 30%. How high the increase in salaries actually turns out to be depends on the federal state and the individual facility, i.e. the employer. Already in recent years, wages in geriatric care have risen significantly, the BMG stat

The German Society of Interdisciplinary Emergency and Acute Medicine DGINA  had conducted a survey in July 2022. Now the dramatic result is available. The survey showed:

• In 86 percent of the houses was a shortage of normal inpatient beds,
• in 54 percent of intensive care beds and
• in 48 percent of intermediate care beds (IMC).

The main reasons for this are: Staffing and bed shortages, and overcrowding. Emergency department overcrowding Two-thirds of participating hospitals noted "dangerous overcrowding in the emergency department" o