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More doctors in Saxony - immigration helps with supply

There has been a shortage of doctors in Saxony for years. The total number of working doctors is growing, and the trend is towards employment rather than private practice.

DieSachsen News 13.03.2025 12:16

Low proportion of female doctors in management positions in Saxony

Overall, slightly more female doctors work in clinics and practices than male doctors. However, there is still a major imbalance elsewhere.

Salud 06.03.2025 18:53

Difficult diagnosis: there is a lack of doctors in many places in Saxony

The shortage of doctors is an ongoing issue in Saxon politics. Time and again, statistics are asked about it. But a fundamental improvement is not yet in sight.

Salud 20.02.2025 05:02

Shortage of GPs in Saxony continues

There is a desperate search for GPs in many areas of Saxony. The shortage is particularly acute in rural areas. The KV Saxony and the Left Party in the state parliament see it as the politicians' duty.

Salud 31.10.2024 06:02

Saxon dentists demand better framework conditions

A mood of crisis among dentists in Saxony. Practice closures, a lack of young talent and excessive bureaucracy are already jeopardizing the provision of comprehensive care for patients, they say.

Salud 09.10.2024 14:28

International practices will also be financed in 2025

Since 2015, intercultural teams and interpreters in the international practices in Dresden and Chemnitz have been looking after patients with a lack of language skills. This will continue in the coming year.

Salud 06.09.2024 11:27

State Medical Association conducts specialist language examinations for foreign doctors in Saxony

There is a shortage of doctors in Saxony. Foreign doctors are only allowed to practise if they are proficient in German - for clear communication with patients and colleagues.

Salud 23.08.2024 18:35

State Chamber of Dentists promotes young professionals

The supply of dentists is also dwindling in Saxony. At the same time, the barriers to practicing for specialists with a non-EU qualification are high.

Salud 18.04.2024 09:45

Saxon GP association calls for consequences due to technical problems in doctors' surgeries

The chairman of the Saxon Association of General Practitioners criticizes the constant failures of the telematics infrastructure in doctors' practices and demands consequences from legislators.

Salud 12.04.2024 10:08

Pharmacies in Saxony have problems with electronic prescriptions

Pharmacies in Saxony struggle with hours of technical failures for e-prescriptions, demand action from Federal Minister of Health

Salud 13.03.2024 11:24

E-prescription in Saxony: positive interim results despite isolated problems

The mandatory electronic prescription works well, despite isolated problems. Pharmacies and health insurance companies draw a positive interim balance.

Salud 09.03.2024 09:12

Increased number of doctors: concerns in rural areas

The number of doctors in Saxony increased last year. There are currently 19,693 doctors working in the state - 442 more than in the previous year, the Saxon State Medical Association announced in Dresden on Friday.According to the Medical Association, the number of working female doctors rose by 373 ..

Salud 08.03.2024 14:15

Vaccination commission in Germany gets a new member from Saxony

Two doctors from Saxony, Reinhard Berner and Thomas Grünewald, have been appointed to the Standing Vaccination Commission. This commission makes independent vaccination recommendations for Germany.

Salud 13.02.2024 14:28

Shortage of doctors in Saxon regions

There is currently a gap in medical care in several regions of Saxony due to a shortage of doctors.

Salud 06.02.2024 10:37

Shortage of doctors: Saxony wants to ensure healthcare provision

Saxony is increasingly focusing on measures to meet the demand for doctors and wants to increase the number of study places.

Politics 30.01.2024 16:03

40 study places to be awarded to future country doctors in Hungary

The Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV) Saxony is once again awarding places to study medicine at the University of Pécs in Hungary. High school graduates have until January 31st to apply for one of the funded places on the German-language human medicine course, the KV announce ..

Salud 05.01.2024 11:35

Saxony-Anhalt's Minister President calls for better infrastructure connections in the new federal states

Saxony-Anhalt's Minister President Reiner Haseloff is calling for better infrastructure links between the new federal states and Berlin and Eastern Europe. He emphasizes the need for more direct international connections from Berlin and improved train connections between Dresden, Magdeburg and Berlin. He also focuses on the demographic challenges facing the East and calls for more freedom in the allocation of university places in order to combat the shortage of doctors.

Politics 29.11.2023 08:55

Shortage of doctors in Saxony: state parliament calls for further measures

The state parliament in Saxony is calling for further measures to combat the shortage of physicians and address the growing need for treatment in an aging society.

Politics 20.09.2023 13:10