Good evening,
Frankfurt is a financial metropolis.
Everyone has probably heard that before, but perhaps not these numbers: almost 66,300 people work in the city's banking sector.
In recent years, the number of jobs has increased, now this development could come to an end.
The university training of midwives in Hesse, on the other hand, is picking up speed, but public transport in Offenbach is not: news from the region at the end of the day.
Jacqueline Vogt
Department head of the Rhein-Main editorial team of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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From the university to the delivery room:
At the latest when most courses at German universities were converted to the Bachelor's and Master's system with the Bologna reform, it was a matter of time before the calls for restructuring of various training occupations in the social and health care sector would result in a partial academicization of the same.
This is what happened in obstetrics.
Midwifery is no longer an apprenticeship; in a few years, newly trained midwives in Hesse will all have a bachelor's degree, which is offered in Gießen, Fulda and Frankfurt.
The Fulda University of Applied Sciences, which had already offered a degree in midwifery in 2012, was a pioneer.
What is new, however, are the uniform training guidelines for dual studies, which are intended to ensure EU-wide recognition.
Hesse is late compared to the federal states, but is trying to compensate for this with two starting dates this year: 36 study places in midwifery can be filled in spring and autumn.
That's a good thing, because there will be a training gap.
The last class of midwives who have completed the three-year vocational training will graduate in August 2023.
In Frankfurt, however, the first qualified midwives will probably only be available for the job market in the summer of 2026.
No money for public transport:
The best plans for a traffic turnaround are useless if the foundation for one of their most important pillars cannot be poured.
This seems to be the case in Offenbach, where local public transport is being restricted instead of being strengthened.
This now threatens to have consequences for the planned expansion of a care center for the elderly.
The background: In view of the budget situation in the municipality, the Offenbach coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP has partially scaled back the expansion of local public transport aimed at under the previous coalition with the participation of the CDU.
The planned savings include the elimination of bus line 106 and the abolition of the "Caritas/Buchrainweiher" bus stop in the city forest.
The Caritas Association Offenbach now has its say in the form of its director Michael Klein: Both savings measures meant that the largest facility in Offenbach for senior citizens, which currently houses 167 people, would be practically cut off from local public transport.
The stop offered as an alternative on Sprendlinger Landstraße is not reasonable for residents, visitors and employees,
because it is around 800 meters away and can sometimes only be reached via a gravel road.
In addition, this stop should no longer be served by local buses in the future, but by express buses of the Rhein-Main transport association.
In an interview with the FAZ, Caritas director Klein said on Monday that his house felt compelled to stop the plans with an investment volume of 40 million euros for an extensive replacement and extension of the nursing home if the city's attitude did not change .
Jochen Remmert reports and comments.
Z. said Caritas director Klein on Monday that his house felt compelled to stop the plans with an investment volume of 40 million euros for an extensive replacement and extension of the nursing home if nothing changed in the city's attitude.
Jochen Remmert reports and comments.
Z. said Caritas director Klein on Monday that his house felt compelled to stop the plans with an investment volume of 40 million euros for an extensive replacement and extension of the nursing home if nothing changed in the city's attitude.
Jochen Remmert reports and comments.