New health plans for Lower Austria: Future of care secured!

New health plans for Lower Austria: Future of care secured!

St. Pölten, Österreich - The Lower Austria Landtag today, on March 27, 2025, decided on a significant application that is supposed to re -set the course for future health care in Lower Austria. The aim is to develop a implementation concept based on the health plan Lower Austria. The NÖ State Health Agency emphasizes that this application ensures necessary planning security.

The management team of the Lower Austrian State Health Agency, to which Mag. Jur. Dr. med. Elisabeth Brütigam, MBA, Mag. Gerhard Dafert and Mag. Dr. Bernhard Kadlec, the state government calls on to take the necessary arrangements for the implementation of the measures from the health plan. The current plans stipulate that individual projects or construction technology bundles of the decision are presented in order to further develop the health infrastructure.

investments in health infrastructure

In recent years, numerous important projects have been realized that have been created in close cooperation with the state of Lower Austria. These include the new construction of the St. Pölten University Hospital, the expansion of radiation therapy in Krems and the expansion of child and adolescent psychiatry in the University Hospital Tulln. The creation of a department for rehabilitation of neurological diseases in the State Clinic Melk is also an important progress.

The continuous investments of the Lower Austrian State Health Agency in the health infrastructure aim to offer both the patients and the workforce a modern treatment environment. The Lower Austria Health Pact underlines the urgency of investments in the health of Lower Austria.

strategic planning in healthcare

An important part of this planning is the Austrian Structural Plan Health (ÖSG), which has been a binding element of target control in healthcare since 2013. The ÖSG is crucial for integrative supply planning at the federal level and defines criteria for a uniform quality of care across Austria to ensure easily accessible health care. Due to demographic and epidemiological developments, the requirements for health care are constantly changing.

In order to ensure the quality and accessibility of health care, the structural plan is continuously developed. The implementation is via regional structural plans for health that are used in the individual federal states. In this way, a regional planning approach is pursued, which is intended to integrate all areas of health care and avoid over or misconceptions.

With these measures and the joint commitment of the actors in the healthcare system, the basis is laid in order to sustainably strengthen health care in Lower Austria and to meet the challenges of the future. Additional information can be found on the website of the Lower Austrian State Health Agency and the Health Portal Austria. Further details about the Health Plan Lower Austria are on land-noe.at and comprehensive planning elements on Gesundheits.gv.at called up.