Nursing policy success of the DBfK Northwest at the NRW CDU state party conference

30.10.2023 12:24

At the CDU North Rhine-Westphalia party conference on October 28 in Hürth, a motion was unanimously passed, among other things, which takes up some of the core demands of the DBfK, first and foremost the nursing profession gratification certificate (PBGS) - a concept that was developed by the DBfK Northwest based on the miners' pension certificate.

"We are very pleased that some of our key demands have reached the state political level and have been included and adopted in a prominent motion by the state executive board," says Martin Dichter, Chairman of the DBfK Northwest. "We consider this a success of our tireless political work, especially here in our strong NRW association with its many committed members."

In an effort to provide answers to current questions in nursing care provision, the adopted proposal proposes, for example, lowering the standard retirement age and increasing the number of pension points for those who have spent a significant portion of their working life in nursing. This is the core of the nursing profession bonus certificate, which the DBfK has presented last year and has continuously presented to policymakers since then.

"The other points of the motion also reflect our positions, which we sent to the parties last year as election benchmarks and whose results we incorporated into our PflegOMaten," Martin Dichter continued. "Whether it's better compatibility between nursing and family life with family-friendly working time models or reliable rostering, we have been persistently demanding all of this for years. We also very much welcome the demand for a voting seat for the nursing profession in the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) as well as increased training for health and nursing educators."

Another major success for the DBfK is the election of Marleen Schönbeck, a member of the Northwest executive committee, to the CDU state executive committee. She is also deputy chair of the DBfK parliamentary group in the North Rhine-Westphalia Nursing Chamber and will ensure that professional policy concerns continue to be heard and the proposal's proposals are implemented within the state party.