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Clinic merger Friesland-Wilhelmshaven: A historic step for the region!
Wilhelmshaven and Friesland are pushing ahead with hospital mergers in order to optimize medical care. Historical collaboration in focus.
Clinic merger Friesland-Wilhelmshaven: A historic step for the region!
During the morning pint at Sengwarder Markt, the planned clinic merger between Friesland and Wilhelmshaven became the main topic. The local political morning pint, which deals with the concerns of the former municipalities of Sengwarden, Wilhelmshaven and the Friesland district, presented the merger as an important example of improved inter-municipal cooperation. Mayor Carsten Feist from Wilhelmshaven described the decision to found a joint hospital company as “historic”. He emphasized that emotions do not pay bills and cannot ensure medical care.
The district administrator of Friesland, Sven Ambrosy, emphasized that the merger does not just represent the combination of clinics, but that a maximum provider should be created. Tom Nietiedt, keynote speaker at the event, called for the hospital merger to be implemented quickly and criticized the current situation in which two hospitals are being operated longer than necessary. To counteract this, he suggested using the construction pit on Friedrich-Paffrath-Straße to expand the Jade University knowledge campus.
Joint central clinic in focus
Those responsible for the Friesland district and the city of Wilhelmshaven have now commissioned a location report for the central clinic. This project envisages merging the existing hospital locations in Wilhelmshaven, Sanderbusch and Varel and abandoning them in the long term. “We are aiming for a full legal merger of Friesland Kliniken GmbH and Klinikum Wilhelmshaven GmbH,” says Ambrosy. The framework conditions for this are currently being determined by both committees, which also includes a legal report that examines the ideal legal form.
Given the importance of the healthcare system, the federal and state governments were also asked to develop sustainable and affordable models to ensure medical care. District Administrator Ambrosy thanked the district council and council for the fundamental decision on the central clinic and announced a binding hospital concept for the transition period.
Challenges in healthcare
The experts emphasize that in order to meet the challenges of falling patient numbers and the heavy financial burdens caused by inflation and collective agreements, cooperation between the providers is necessary. The pressure on clinics is growing, and many are on the verge of bankruptcy if reforms are not implemented to improve their financial situation.
Overall, it is clear that the planned clinic merger between Friesland and Wilhelmshaven is not an isolated case, but rather part of a comprehensive change in the German healthcare system that aims to provide better care for the population.
For more information on this topic you can read the articles on NWZ Online, Friesland and kma online read up.