“Work no agony” – healthcare campaign to secure 100,000 jobs in the country

The shortage of skilled nursing workers is well known. It is gratifying that the Secretary-General of Caritas Austria, Anna Parr, commends the government “for setting an example with its health care reform that many have been waiting for decades”.

She finds the individual points very helpful. “But time is of the essence”, says the Caritas expert. Such a major reform cannot be fully implemented in two years. Because the announced measures would not be sufficient to put an end to the healthcare crisis in the long term.

A health care reform with nails and heads!
Also an image correction of the nursing professions is important in this context – that is what Caritas and its 5984 employees of the nursing department agree. Klaus Schwertner, Vienna’s Caritas director, also praises the black-green government. He considers the reform plans successful. “This is a nail-and-head concept.”

At the same time, the experienced networker emphasizes: “It needs to be emphasized more and more that the nursing profession is actually a calling.” And: “It’s about jobs with real meaning and future security. Because in 2030 alone 100,000 meaningful jobs could be created.” Unfortunately, the lack of employees currently leads to too much overtime.

Schwertner mainly sees thorough training in the healthcare sector as a guarantee for the implementation of the healthcare reform. Currently, 5,300 students are trained in the 18 Caritas training centers.

“Not only motschger, but also praise”
And: Schwertner, known as a critical zeitgeist, makes people sit up and notice with a positive sense. Because he made it clear: “We don’t just want to praise, we also want to praise the federal government on the one hand, and our many appointed employees on the other.”