The measures implemented since 2019 to maintain medical care in Saxony are not enough in the view of the state parliament. There is a need for further efforts and innovative ideas to alleviate the existing shortage of doctors and to cope with the growing need for treatment in the future in the wake of an aging society, representatives of all parliamentary groups stated in a topical debate in parliament on Wednesday. Therefore, they said, the 20-point program 2030 must be implemented and further developed more quickly. "We are on the right track," said Health Minister Petra Köpping (SPD) and thanked "everyone who is constructively involved."
The consequences of demographic change, fewer specialists and more patients, required "that we have to go new ways," she confirmed. One knows about the gaps in the health system. According to the minister, the expansion of study capacities in the field of human medicine as well as dentistry has already been registered, and this is also being explored in the pharmaceutical field, including the study project at the University of Pécs (Hungary). And analogous to the rural doctor quota established in 2022, a rural dentist quota is being discussed with chambers and associations. "But it all takes time."
