Austria's nursing professions: Reforms urgently needed for better working conditions!

Austria's nursing professions: Reforms urgently needed for better working conditions!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - Austria faces a health revolution! The Austrian Health and Nursing Association (ÖGKV) urgently calls for the implementation of the reforms announced in the government program to improve high-quality care and health care. "It is not important that we offer and carry out further training in Austria, but are not shown by law. Here we are still far behind international standards," criticizes Elisabeth Potzmann, President of the ÖGKV. It emphasizes that the planned measures to strengthen outpatient care and to improve working conditions in nursing are decisive in order to ensure security of care for the future, such as ots.at reported.

reforms for better care jobs

The ÖGKV also calls for a specialist offensive to counter the acute shortage of skilled workers. The Ministry of Health is planning attractive offers that should make it possible to regain trained specialists. In particular, the legal recognition of Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANP) is considered essential. In addition, digital solutions such as the modernization of ELGA are intended to make workflows in the healthcare system more efficient and less bureaucratic. "Digitization must be used to relieve nursing staff," explains Potzmann and demands consistent acts from the federal government to implement the urgently needed reforms.

The new regulations not only affect care, but also the care of people in need. A new regulation is intended to create more transparency in the mediation of independent 24-hour supervisors. Around 34,000 passenger supervisors are already active throughout Austria. In the future, these agencies must clearly state detailed cost information and the services offered, which is why the quality of the 24-hour care should also be increased. The Federal Chancellery reports that additional multilingual online training courses are provided to convey both caring relatives valuable knowledge.