Future of psychiatry in Rhineland-Palatinate: Clinics in new hands!
Future of psychiatry in Rhineland-Palatinate: Clinics in new hands!
The future of the psychiatric specialist and day clinics of the DRK Hospital Society Süd-West in Rhineland-Palatinate is secured from June 1, 2025. The Valeara Group takes over the facilities in Worms, Bad Kreuznach, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler and Daun. This takeover ensures continuous patient care, which is continued without restrictions. HR reduction is not planned, so that the employment relationships of almost 180 employees, including 32 in Worms, 33 in Bad Kreuznach and 121 in Bad Neuenahr/Daun, go seamlessly to Valeara.
The Valeara Group, based in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, specializes in health services in psychiatry, neurology and psychotherapy. In Germany, it operates 14 institutions and employs around 700 people. Rainer Eckert, the insolvency administrator of these clinics, emphasizes that this step represents an important perspective for the region and ensures jobs. The DRK day clinic in Bad Kreuznach remains, which is received positively by the public. Mayor Emmanuel Letz (FDP) describes the preservation as crucial for the psychosocial care of the region.
investor process and future prospects
parallel to the takeover by Valeara, an investor process for the remaining clinics of the DRK hospital company runs. The handover of the house in Neuwied to the Marienhaus group has already been completed. A municipal sponsorship is planned for the clinic in Alzey in order to further secure the supply structures. The discussions with other potential investors for other affected locations have already started, so that solutions are also in prospect here.
In view of the demographic change and increasing demand for psychiatric treatments in Germany, the preservation of such institutions is becoming increasingly important. The increasing number of people with mental illnesses, including refugees with post -traumatic stress disorders, shows the urgent need for highly qualified treatment options. According to mwg.rlp.de , psychological illnesses cause over 10 % of direct health costs in Germany and are the most common cause of disease-related early diversions.The Rhineland-Palatinate psychiatric policy strives for, among other things, people-located, people-centered help, which underlines the importance of the institutions. Networking in the psychiatric-psychotherapeutic care and the promotion of self-help groups are other central concerns in order to meet the data subject and to change the stigmatizing view of mental illnesses.
Overall, the takeover of the DRK clinics by the Valeara Group brings new hope for the patients and for the employees, since it not only guarantees the continuity of care, but also creates the conditions to sustainably improve psychiatric care in the region.
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