Pharmacies in need: wave of closures threatens the supply in the Rhein-Sieg district
Pharmacies in need: wave of closures threatens the supply in the Rhein-Sieg district
The North Rhine pharmacy chamber warns of a dramatic decline in pharmacy numbers that has been in place for 25 years. By the end of 2024 there will be fewer than 2,000 public pharmacies in North Rhine for the first time. So far, 127 pharmacies have opened their doors in the Rhein-Sieg district, which corresponds to a decline in six pharmacies compared to 2023. While there were still 142 pharmacies in the Rhein-Sieg district at the end of 2014, in 2019 there were only 140.
Development could have an impact on the emergency service of the pharmacies, as the current situation shows. Ulrike Jüngel-Sandner, spokeswoman for the pharmacists in the Rhein-Sieg district, emphasizes that more pharmacies have to close because there is a lack of successors. The falling attractiveness of self -employment is mentioned as the reason for this successor shortage. The advisory flat rate for medication has also remained constant in the past ten years despite increasing inflation.
emergency service and challenges for pharmacists
The challenges for pharmacists are increasing; In Eitorf, Jil Crombach takes over the heart and market pharmacy after the death of her father and emphasizes the vital importance of medication in rural regions, but also sees large hurdles for newcomers. The four pharmacies in Eitorf performed a total of 150 emergency services in 2024. In view of the difficult circumstances, the pharmacists have applied for only having to pay about 100 emergency services in 2025. The legislator sees 20 kilometers as reasonable distance to the next emergency pharmacy.
Florian Wehrpfennig, owner of the town hall pharmacy in Sankt Augustin, warns of further tightening the wave of closure of pharmacies in the region. This situation is in line with the nationwide development, in which the number of pharmacies in Germany is steadily falling. According to a report by pharmacy-umschau.de, there were only 17,571 pharmacies at the end of 2023, and a quarter is acute if there is no reforms to improve the framework.
The Abda, the Federal Association of Pharmacists, criticizes the long -term postponed fee adjustments. The fixed fee for prescription drugs has not been increased since 2013, while the remuneration has only increased by 10 percent in the past ten years, while the property and personnel costs have increased significantly. The pharmacies also burden the current challenges, such as delivery bottlenecks and a shortage of skilled workers
-transmitted by West-East media
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