The following injustice in healthcare, which is already plagued by an acute shortage of staff: According to the law, only senior staff are allowed to park somewhere. The hole should now be closed.
With mobile nursing, the time is usually short. Often it is even a matter of minutes. Such as in the case where the condition of a palliative patient deteriorated and the nursing staff had to work longer than normal. “When the colleague returned to the car, she had a parking ticket,” says Susanne Duschl from Elixhausen, head of home care at the Aktiv association.
injustice in the law
According to traffic regulations, only qualified nursing staff are allowed to park and park during the duration of their duties. However, nurses and assistants often have to travel longer distances to free spaces and parking meters, otherwise they risk a fine. Duschl: “It’s difficult for us. There are more and more short-term parking zones in the communities.” Valuable time is lost.
Given the shortage of nursing staff, this is the next hurdle in daily life that acts as a deterrent. The mobile services visit several patients every day and have little time to spare during their tours. The Red Cross has not yet had any parking problems. “Everyone who is on the road with us receives the same parking permit,” says spokeswoman Roberta Thanner.
SPÖ wants to bring about change
To remove the injustice, the state should expand the exception in the parking fee law and require the federal government to make changes to traffic rules. Barbara Thöny (SPÖ): “Working time in healthcare is valuable and should not be used to look for parking spaces or parking meters. Any simplification of work is important, especially as those affected tell us that current regulations make their work more difficult.” This will be discussed in the state parliament on Wednesday following the SPÖ motion.
Source: Krone
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