Overview

• Müller promotes “polyclinics de luxe” that bundle specialties, diagnostics and minor surgery to cut travel and waiting, noting that targeted supply steering depends on federal law.
• KV data for end‑July show GP shortfalls in Jüterbog, Rathenow, Schönefeld, Wildau and Schwedt/Oder, with oversupply in Potsdam, Teltow, Bad Belzig, Elsterwerda and Bad Liebenwerda.
• Specialist coverage is uneven, with ENT doctors lacking in Prignitz, Elbe‑Elster and Oberspreewald‑Lausitz, and dermatology especially scarce in Märkisch‑Oderland, Oberspreewald‑Lausitz and Prignitz.
• Patients report waits of up to half a year to a year for specialist appointments, with journeys of up to two hours to reach care.
• KMG Kliniken plans to close the Wittstock/Dosse hospital on January 1, 2027 and move cardiology and gastroenterology to Pritzwalk, while options for local access are under discussion.