The SPD wants to defuse the midwife shortage

The SPD wants to make midwife births are more lucrative than planned births to be made, especially by Doctors. It should also be prevented that midwives need to take on additional tasks, such as Cleaning or bed. the

A claim to a midwife for Pregnant women in Germany have by law. But a midwife is not immediately available, is in Bavaria, not always safe. Phrases like: "you are the fifteenth midwife, I call", listen to Heike Giering often on the phone. The midwife and fürth SPD-councillor described the Situation on Monday in the Parliament. Always obstetrician to Pregnant women reject because they are overloaded. The Problem is known, there are too few midwives because the profession has become unattractive, but at the same time, the birth numbers are increasing. Especially in middle Franconia and the upper Palatinate, the Situation is tense, said Ruth Waldmann, health policy spokeswoman of the SPD in the Landtag. Now the SPD wants to defuse the Situation by using several ideas.

Waldmann, such as the billing system for births with the result that too few midwives are employed in hospitals. Hospitals can settle for a normal birth about 1900 Euro, for an Emperor in the 3000-sectional, and so much more, if additional measures, such as the initiation of labor are necessary. This requires the Expertise of a physician and makes the midwife at the Moment is unnecessary, and brings hospitals but more money. A practice Waldmann for "external" life: benefits would not be settled, where this is necessary, in addition to the midwife before had the woman, and after birth continue, nevertheless, to take care of. That's why she wanted to apply for the payroll costs for normal births to increase. The principle: a midwife's births lucrative

in addition, to prevent the SPD that midwives in the hospital and during the delivery, "girl for everything". Whilst it was in Bavaria usual, midwives, the birth is initiated, but too often, they would also have to make other tasks. Cleaning or bed-making not to actually belong to it, also criticized Heike Giering. An Amendment to the hospital act could create improvement, Waldmann. Six applications it wants to bring in "after" in the health Committee, the first Time the subject could on 7. May be on the agenda.