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The professional association for health service and Wohlfahrtspflege (BGW) is carrier of the legal accident insurance for non-governmental mechanisms in the health service and the Wohlfahrtspflege.
The following private and church mechanisms belong to the member enterprises of the BGW:
Altogether are insured with the BGW well 5 million humans in more than one half million enterprises against industrial accidents and occupational illnesses. In addition the BGW transfers the insurance protection for in these industries honorary or to work opportunities active persons.
Beside the head office in Hamburg the BGW in Germany maintains addresses at 11 further locations. In the head office supraregional tasks of prevention and rehablitation are noticed; furthermore there the Beitragsberechung takes place.
In the addresses the accidents of the regional member enterprises are cared for, in addition there is there the prevention service, which co-operates with the member enterprises with preventing of industrial accidents, occupational illnesses and work-conditioned health dangers.
As carrier of the legal accident insurance in the German social security system the BGW is a body of the public right. It accomplishes their tasks solely responsible under national supervision.
The autonomy organs executive committee and representative meeting notice you after the statute assigned the tasks.
In the statute competencies and tasks, collection of contributions as well as the insurance bases including the compensations are regulated.
The BGW was created 1929 in Berlin. It is the youngest professional association.
In the third realm the national people welfare (NSV) developed to the largest federation within the BGW.
1945 were closed by introduction of the unit insurance in the Soviet occupied zone the administration to Berlin. 1946 were created the BGW in Hamburg again and were again available starting from 1950 in West Germany as own professional association.
Into the 1970ern the BGW misses current developments, works with too little personnel and outdated equipment, from this arises long operating time and arrears. This culminates 1982 in a special test by the Federal Insurance Office, which criticizes the BGW sharply.
Reformed in the subsequent years will the BGW with success and decentralized, gradually develop the district administrations for those the district places of the likewise extended prevention service to be assigned.
The BGW starts the campaign in Berlin officially "departure care ", which is welcomed by the Federal Minister for work and social, Franz as well as the chairman of the health committee in the German Bundestag, Dr. Martina Bunge. A goal is a concentrated action of politics, federations, nursing facilities and social security institutions. With the help of common modern approaches old person care forces are to be able to remain as possible healthy so long in their occupation.
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