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Berlin – November 05, 2026 -- More than 50,000 care employees would lose their jobs before Christmas under the government's Care Reorganization Act (PNOG), according to the private providers' association bpa, as the Bundestag opened its first reading of the bill.

bpa demands outpatient services be included in the social-space budget

bpa President Bernd Meurer objects to two elements of the draft. The first is the exclusion of outpatient services and day care facilities from the planned social-space budget (Sozialraumbudget). The second is the dismantling of providers' advisory structures through the new care companion model (Pflegebegleitung).

Meurer argues the measures solve no problem and save no money. In his assessment, they also worsen care for people who need it.

Hannover – November 03, 2026 -- Care providers in Lower Saxony answer to 54 separate inspection and oversight bodies, and about 5,000 jobs in the state are at risk if a federal reform takes effect on schedule, according to the private providers' association bpa.

State chair Ricarda Hasch presented the figures at the association's general assembly in Hannover, attended by around 200 representatives of care facilities from across Lower Saxony. She said bpa is not asking to lower quality standards or scrap necessary inspections. Her complaint is that different authorities repeatedly check the same matters and demand documentation that adds no visible value to care quality.