Overview

• Qualified nursing staff will be authorized to independently perform medical tasks such as diabetes management, wound care and dementia support under a new draft law.
• A companion draft law establishes an 18-month nationwide nursing assistant curriculum to replace 27 separate state programs and create uniform career pathways.
• Bureaucracy reduction measures will limit nursing documentation to essential records and simplify application forms for care services.
• Both bills move to the Bundestag for legislative deliberation, with medical associations, insurers and nursing bodies set to negotiate detailed task definitions and reimbursement terms by July 31, 2027.
• Officials say the package will formalize nursing as an independent health profession, enhance workforce retention and bolster long-term sector viability in response to demographic ageing.