Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) on Saturday confirmed his efforts to optimize the health system in the interest of patients. Among other things, he wants to bring more doctors back to the cash register. But he also thinks it is possible to create privileged access to medical studies for those who commit to public health care for a period of time. He sticks to his schedule due to corona measures.
In the Ö1 radio series “Im Journal zu Gast”, Rauch expressed his negative view of the “obligatory obligations” as panelists demanded from the SPÖ: “I don’t think you can work with that.” Rather, he cited the military as a model, where medical students would have easier entry terms if they promised in return to stay with the military for a while. The Minister of Health also wants to use the terms of employment to get a grip on the fact that doctors now prefer to go to private practices rather than to statutory health insurers.
In general, the minister wants to start in the private sector. He also sees action needed in primary care centers and outpatient clinics in hospitals, in prevention and aftercare, at the intersection of old people’s or nursing homes and hospitals, but also in the personnel situation. Due to the financial settlement currently being negotiated, he currently sees a time window open for this.
Sticks to schedule in terms of corona measures
Rauch said he received “a lot of encouragement” for his recent criticism of the medical society, “because many in the system know how it works.” There is a shortage of medical care and he wants to put an end to that. “I’m working on that because I’m the patient’s representative,” Rauch said.
As for the expiry of the pandemic measures, the Minister of Health is sticking to the government’s timetable. Vorarlberg’s ÖVP governor Markus Wallner’s demand for an immediate end to the mask requirement in hospitals or homes will not be met. “No, because we have thought about it very carefully”, he stressed: “There will be a good assessment procedure because we also have to go back to processes in Parliament as they are democratically intended.”
Source: Krone
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