- The SPD issues an alarm over impending healthcare predicament.
Due to a lack of proficient healthcare workers in Schleswig-Holstein, the SPD sounds the alarm for an imminent predicament. As per SPD group leader Serpil Midyatli, around 68 family physicians are absent in this northernmost state. Moreover, over 30% of active general practitioners are edging towards retirement. Midyatli stated, "The state administration is heading towards a crisis that'll be hard to manage."
To combat this issue, the SPD recommends beefing up family medicine education. Their plan involves making it compulsory for all students to study and pass general medicine.
The party pinpoints three main hurdles for the area: deficient funding in healthcare, scarcity of skilled labor, and medical assistance in rural regions.
Blaming the federal government won't cut it
Midyatli underscored, "Merely blaming Berlin, which we've grown accustomed to from this state administration in various domains, including healthcare policy, won't resolve the issues solely in Schleswig-Holstein." The state possesses sufficient abilities to tackle the matters on its own.
The SPD strongly advocates for strengthening family medicine education in response to the crisis, proposing that all students must study and pass general medicine. Furthermore, Midyatli clarified that merely pointing fingers at the federal government for the issues in Schleswig-Holstein's healthcare sector is not an effective solution, as the state possesses the capability to tackle these challenges independently.
