https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Rural Germany is on the brink on a crisis: By 2020, around 50,000 registered doctors are expected to retire, but one authority says there is still time to do something about it. https://www.thelocal.de/20160705/small-towns-desperately-seeking-doctors Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:26:25 +0200 small-towns-desperately-seeking-doctors A shrinking population and the flight of young educated people to towns are killing off Germany’s small villages – but rather than fight to keep them alive, politicians should try to make the decline as painless as possible, according to a new demographic survey. https://www.thelocal.de/20111129/39187 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:26:00 +0100 39187 The German government unveiled measures on Wednesday to try to stop a drain of doctors from country to city amid concerns that an ageing population will require ever more health care. https://www.thelocal.de/20110803/36731 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:44:00 +0200 36731 Health Minister Philipp Rösler came under heavy criticism on Wednesday for his suggestion to create a university quota to encourage medical students to become country doctors in rural areas struggling to treat their populations. https://www.thelocal.de/20100407/26371 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:44:00 +0200 26371