Health & Fitness

Lauterbach's hospital reform plans: this is what an expert is now demanding

Quelle: SAT.1 NORDDEUTSCHLAND (Glomex)

Less money per patient treatment, but a fixed budget for staff and technology overall. That's what the hospital reform plans. On Thursday, Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach discussed it for the first time with his counterparts in the states. A mammoth task according to Lower Saxony's Health Minister Daniela Behrens. A joint bill from the federal and state governments is to be presented in the summer of 2023. SAT.1 REGIONAL talked about the reform with Helge Engelke, the association director of the Lower Saxony Hospital Association.