Editorial archive · NW–36
Fifteen verified appearances: plenary speeches, government question time, one Bundesrat address, an interview and two speeches outside parliament. Each entry links to the official transcript or, where none exists, to the reputable report it rests on.
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Role at the time: Head of the Federal Chancellery
Addressing the three main business associations, she called, as reported by dpa, for bold and comprehensive reforms, implemented with unity and faster than before. No official transcript has been published.
Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health
Introducing the government bill, she argued that in an emergency patients should be treated where they are best cared for, and outlined digital coordination of dispatch centres, integrated emergency centres and a distinct rescue-service segment.
Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health
Germany has more than 350 medical registers whose data, she said, lie unconnected side by side. The bill promises uniform federal quality standards, less reporting bureaucracy for doctors and legal certainty for data use.
„Wir schaffen Rechtssicherheit für die Datennutzung.“Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health
Before the Länder chamber approved the KHAG, she said the hospital landscape had to change and would change, but that the process could only succeed jointly with the states, combining high-quality care with reliable basic and emergency care across the country.
Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health
Presenting the bill on the further development of pharmacy provision, she set out support for pharmacies in rural areas, simpler branch pharmacies and new tasks such as vaccinations.
Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health
Following the defence minister, she said the geopolitical situation demanded responses in health care and announced a law to keep the health system functional in crises, alongside reforms in long-term care, emergency care, pharmacies and digitalisation.
Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health
Announced the Health Security Act for summer 2026: clear responsibilities, civil–military coordination, a digital situational picture of beds, staff and supplies, adjusted stockpiles and fewer import dependencies.
„Sicherheitspolitik ohne ein funktionierendes Gesundheitswesen ist nicht denkbar.“Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health
Introduced the third act amending the Transplantation Act, which widens the circle of living donors and recipients while protecting donors.
Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health
On the day the Bundestag adopted the 2026 health budget, she cited GKV hospital spending of around €120 billion, a €1.7 billion higher loan to long-term care insurance, about 10% more for health security, up to €12 million for women's health and €4 million more for addiction prevention.
„Wenn wir unser Solidarsystem grundsätzlich erhalten wollen, dann müssen wir es grundlegend verändern.“Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health
Opening deliberations on the KHAG, she presented it as creating the conditions under which the hospital reform could succeed in everyday practice.
Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health
Health spending per person had roughly doubled in two decades to about €6,000, she said, while gross earnings rose far less. She outlined hospital, emergency and primary-care reforms and named women's health and the electronic patient record as priorities.
Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health
Called for fundamental reforms to keep trust in health care, announced the aim of stopping the gap between income and spending in health and care insurance, and said the FinanzKommission Gesundheit would deliver recommendations by March 2026.
Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health
Announced wider powers for nursing professionals and a nationally uniform training for nursing assistants, and argued that reducing paperwork gives time back to people in need of care.
Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health
Stressed that a stable health system depends on its workforce, announced administrative relief for nursing staff, uniform training for nursing assistants and faster recognition of foreign qualifications.
Role at the time: Federal Minister of Health; newly elected chair of the Frauen Union
At the 36th federal delegates' conference she emphasised, as reported, the need for more female perspectives in politics and for women's voices in decision-making. Reported on 26 May 2025.
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Speeches given after 29 July 2026 belong to the Chancellery period. The ministry's transcript pages from that date onward record her successor, Carsten Linnemann. For the cumulative record, including legislative milestones and biographical events, see the archive.