Scandal at Braunschweig Clinic: Managing Director Goepfert resigns!

Scandal at Braunschweig Clinic: Managing Director Goepfert resigns!

Today, July 14, 2025, the Braunschweig Municipal Clinic announced a significant change at the top. Dr. Andreas Goepfert will end his work as managing director at his own request at the end of 2025, as the city of Braunschweig announced in a press release regionalheute.de. This move comes against the backdrop of an alarming record deficit of 76 million euros in 2024, 23 million euros above original forecasts. Figures for 2025 suggest an even higher deficit of 78 million euros, which could rise to around 90 million euros by 2029.

In view of this financial difficulty, the city decided in May 2025 to expand its management. Dr. Until his departure, Goepfert will manage the business together with Sascha Altendorf, who was appointed commercial managing director on July 10, 2025 for a transition period until the end of March 2026. While the SPD supports this step, the CDU is calling for an immediate new beginning in terms of personnel and has already criticized the previous leadership several times braunschweig-spiegel.de.

Criticism of leadership and necessary adjustments

The ongoing discussions about the future direction of the clinic also stem from the fact that the CDU parliamentary group in the city council is of the opinion that the management has not reacted adequately to the precarious financial situation. Mayor Thorsten Kornblum also sees himself in the firing line and has to face criticism because, as a responsible politician, he has not done enough to improve the situation. Comparisons with the clinic in Wolfsburg, which recorded a deficit of only 9 million euros in the same year, are reinforcing the public debate.

The CDU is calling for a realignment and a comprehensive consolidation concept to ensure long-term financial stability. The aim is also for the clinic to receive the status of a university hospital, which would entail greater responsibility for operation and expansion.

Conclusion and outlook

The situation at the clinic is not only a challenge for the management, but also for the city's political leadership, which increasingly has to deal with questions about the clinic's financial future. The fears about the increasing deficits and the required consistent implementation of a new marketing concept - for example the high expenditure on new signage and the replacement of dishes and clothing - are in the room and call for quick action.

The replacement of the positions of both commercial and medical managing directors is already being prepared. It remains to be seen what direction the clinic will take with the upcoming realignment and whether the required stabilization measures can be successfully implemented. A good hand is needed here to ensure that patients continue to receive the best possible care in the future.