Medical Association Westphalia-Lippe

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Medical Association Westphalia-Lippe
chamber
Organizational form Public corporation
founding year 1947
Seat Muenster
Homepage www.aekwl.de
president Hans-Albert Gehle (since 2019)
Chief Executive Michael Schwarzenau (since 2005)
Members
Associated 40,348 (as of December 31, 2012)
General Assembly 121
Bureau 1 president + 1 vice president + 9 board members
voter turnout 58.1%
Key figures
Number of managers 2
Number of employees 180
Contribution amount € 13.5 million

The Medical Association Westphalia-Lippe (ÄKWL) is a medical association in North Rhine-Westphalia . It represents 40,000 doctors and is the fourth largest medical association in Germany.

The ÄKWL is the professional self-governing body of doctors in Westphalia-Lippe.

tasks

In addition to representing the interests of the medical profession in the Arnsberg administrative region , the Detmold administrative region and the Münster administrative region , regional training is carried out. In addition, the training of medical assistants is controlled. The ÄKWL is also responsible for resolving internal medical disputes and dealing with patient complaints. The expert commission for medical liability issues acts independently and examines allegations of malpractice. A portal for patient advice is operated together with the Westphalia-Lippe Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians. ÄKWL has been running a professional pension fund, the Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe, since 1960.

Administrative districts

The ÄKWL is divided into the 12 administrative districts of Arnsberg, Bielefeld, Bochum, Detmold, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Hagen, Lüdenscheid, Minden, Münster, Paderborn and Recklinghausen.

Administrative district Area of ​​responsibility
Arnsberg District Soest
Hochsauerlandkreis
Bielefeld Bielefeld
district of Gütersloh
Bochum Bochum
Herne
Detmold Circle lip
Dortmund Dortmund
Hamm
district of Unna
Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen
Bottrop
Hagen Hagen
Ennepe-Ruhr district
Ludenscheid District of Olpe
District of Siegen
Märkischer Kreis
Minden Minden-Lübbecke
district Herford district
Muenster Munster
District Borken
District Coesfeld
District Steinfurt
District Warendorf
Paderborn Paderborn
district Höxter district
Recklinghausen Recklinghausen district

history

Until the DC circuit of the medical self-government in the Reich Medical Association by the Nazis , this task was by the Hartmannbund and the German Medical Association Bund perceived. After the end of the Second World War, the Working Group of West German Medical Chambers was founded in the West German occupation zones in 1946 . The Westphalia-Lippe Medical Association was founded in 1947.

Presidents of the Westphalia-Lippe Medical Association: Viktor Egen (1947–1955, general practitioner), Robert Schimrigk (1955–1973, psychiatrist), Wilhelm Baldus (1973–1989, surgeon), Rüdiger Fritz (1989–1993, dermatologist), Ingo Flenker (1993–2005, internist), Theodor Windhorst (2005–2019, surgeon), Hans-Albert Gehle (since 2019, internist, anesthetist and intensive care specialist, member of the Chamber Board since 2008).

magazine

The organ of communication is the monthly magazine Westfälisches Ärzteblatt . The newspaper, which is editorially and technically supervised by the press office, informs the members about the activities and positions of their corporation in editorial articles. In addition, the Westfälisches Ärzteblatt contains all important official notices, resolutions and professional regulations. The publication is published by IVD-Verlag (D-Ibbenbüren) and has the ISSN  0340-5257 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 50 years of the Westphalia-Lippe Medical Association: "With great respect for the development work" in Dtsch Arztebl 1997; 94 (39): A-2476 / B-2020 / C-1862 (accessed July 28, 2013)
  2. ↑ Press release of the ÄK-WL from November 30, 2019
  3. ↑ Chamber board invited to a twilight pint in Westfälisches Ärzteblatt 1/2006 (accessed on July 28, 2013) (PDF 1.07MB)
  4. ↑ a b Report of the Board of Directors of the Medical Association Westphalia-Lippe 2012 (accessed on July 28, 2013) (PDF 1.8MB)
  5. ↑ Election to the Chamber Assembly of the 15th legislative period on October 7, 2009 (accessed on July 28, 2013) (PDF 47KB)
  6. ↑ Heike Korzilius: Hans-Albert AEB. Advocating human medicine. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt. Volume 117, No. 1–2, January 6, 2020, p. B 33.
  7. ↑ www.marburger-bund.de: Hans-Albert Gehle .