Overview
- Roughly 180 employees demonstrated on Nov. 12 at Helios sites in Pasing, Perlach, Dachau and Indersdorf against dissolving Pflegeservice units and shifting full bed-cleaning tasks to nurses.
- Helios says redistributing duties within mixed-skilled teams aligns with regulations and will spread workloads, while critics warn already overstretched staff will have less time for patients.
- Works council and Verdi cite the removal of Pflegeservice roles from refinancing under the Pflegebudget on Jan. 1, 2025 as the trigger for the change.
- Union and staff representatives point to Helios Munich’s reported €18.7 million pre-tax profit in 2024 to argue the hospital could continue funding service roles.
- Helios is offering retraining for affected staff, with 66 Pflegeservice workers impacted in Pasing and 10 in Perlach; more than half have opted for additional training, though some plan to leave by year-end.