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St. The staff of St. Gallen’s hospitals are trembling. On Thursday, it was announced that 440 out of 9,000 jobs will disappear over the next five years. It is not yet known which jobs will be affected.
This is throwing the Swiss Association of Assistants and Senior Physicians (VSAO) into turmoil. It is said that administrative and managerial positions, such as IT, will be particularly affected. However, it cannot be ruled out that doctors and nurses will also have to leave. “VSAO is following this development with great concern,” he said in the statement.
According to the association, saving on further medical training or care should be avoided at all costs. Consistent support of young talent is particularly important. Especially nurses who are new to the profession should not be nervous. There are almost no substitutes in the dry job market.
More time for patients
Instead, the association calls for measures to alleviate the administrative duties of medical staff. Thus, nurses and doctors would be able to devote more time to patients again.
But the dilemma is that the majority of layoffs must occur in the administrative field. Who should go when both medical staff and administration are needed?
“This is actually a conflict. The association hopes and demands that the positions created in the past to ease the burden on the medical profession be preserved,” Severin Baerlocher (35) tells Blick. He is chairman of the VSAO board of directors of the St. Gallen and Appenzell section.
Administrative activities will put pressure on staff and contribute to long working hours. «Investments in optimizing processes and digitalization can pay dividends. “We wonder whether these will not happen due to the current austerity pressure and whether the necessary innovations will be postponed,” he continues.
More funds needed
The association also calls on politicians to create an appropriate tariff structure and recognize the fact that hospitals in hospital associations train the majority of healthcare workers.
The tariff structure is partly responsible for the poor financial situation of hospitals. Because even though health centers struggle with inflation, they cannot win anymore. Tariffs remain the same. The H+ Hospital Association cites 30 percent underfunding in the outpatient sector and 10 percent in the inpatient sector. Therefore, H+ is calling for an overall tariff increase of 5 percent because hospitals need more resources.
Source :Blick
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