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Care
A survey of nursing trainees reveals very high levels of dissatisfaction.
Dissatisfaction with training conditions is significantly higher in nursing than in other professions. This is shown in the 2024 Nursing Training Report published by ver.di on November 1st, for which over 2,200 trainees and students under the Nursing Professions Act were surveyed...
06.11.2025
Care
How preventive care changes aging
How can long-term care insurance become sustainable? For Matthias Mohrmann, Deputy Chairman of the Board of AOK Rheinland/Hamburg, the answer is clear: „It can’t just be about short-term financial adjustments. We need fundamental structural reforms that…”.
06.11.2025
Gesundheitspolitik
Reimann on BEEP: Both nursing and outpatient care benefit from the expansion of expertise.
Dr. Carola Reimann, Chairwoman of the Board of the AOK Federal Association, commented on the second and third readings of the law on expanding powers and reducing bureaucracy in nursing care (BEEP) in the Bundestag as follows:
06.11.2025
Personalie
Thomas Meier will become the new CEO of Medios AG
The Supervisory Board of Medios AG has appointed Thomas Meier as a member of the Management Board, effective February 1, 2026, and as the company's new CEO. He succeeds Matthias Gärtner, who will remain in office until December 31, 2025.
06.11.2025
Personalie
German Nursing Award 2025 for Cagla Kurtçu: For nursing that builds bridges
Cagla Kurtçu has been awarded the 2025 German Nursing Prize by the German Nursing Council. The registered nurse (B.Sc., M.Sc.) represents a nursing approach that reaches people, builds trust, promotes health, and actively shapes care. With expertise, empathy, and cultural awareness...
06.11.2025
SBK publishes its sustainability report
SBK Siemens Health Insurance Fund has published its latest sustainability report. Under the motto "Acting sustainably means using resources carefully," SBK demonstrates how it actively combines ecological, economic, and social responsibility in the healthcare sector.
06.11.2025
study
Rising vaccine skepticism, more pessimism: This is how Germans view the healthcare system
Vaccine skepticism continues to rise. Only half of Germans (49%) now support mandatory vaccination for serious infectious diseases. Before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2018, the proportion of those in favor in Germany was 62%. Around a quarter (24%) of the population...
06.11.2025
Care
Self-help groups for caregivers need more support.
In Germany, the majority of people requiring care are looked after by family members. They are the backbone of the care system – and are often under pressure themselves. It is therefore all the more important to specifically strengthen this central pillar of society and offer them support.
06.11.2025
digitalization
Digital health applications: DGIM warns of innovation stagnation due to lack of funding
Digital health applications (DiGAs) are considered an important component of modern, patient-centered medicine. The German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM) welcomes the DiGA directory created by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM)...