In many places in Upper Lusatia, the Greens believe that the care provided by GPs is at risk of collapsing. Group leader Franziska Schubert, who herself comes from this region, refers to information from the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV) Saxony and data from the "Lusatia Monitor" - a representative long-term study that examines the opinions of the population in eastern Saxony and southern Brandenburg.
Supply in the districts of Bautzen and Görlitz at risk
The KV has classified the supply levels in the districts of Görlitz and Bautzen as "quite low" and the supply "at risk", it said. In Bautzen, one in three GPs is over 60 years old, in Görlitz the figure is even over 40 percent. "Numerous practices are on the verge of closure, while at the same time hardly any new doctors are joining them," explained the Greens.
