Networking
Paediatricians nominated by the VKZ are available to the individual specialist offices and institutions for questions with regard to cooperation and conceptual development, and thereby guarantee the flow of information to paediatricians.

Support
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The association regularly invites specialist offices to joint meetings and to exchanges of specialist information.
The members of the association are integrated into the zu:care medical network, and, as a quality assurance measure, organise at least 4 quality circulars a year.
The association members also operate a paediatric consultation service in the Aegeri Valley area, as well as assisting with the organisation and planning of the cantonal emergency service.

Positioning
The population of the Canton of Zug is growing at an above-average rate compared to the rest of Switzerland. Of the 125,421 registered residents of Canton Zug in 2017, around 25,369 were children and adolescents. This group requires specific medical care, which we paediatricians provide around the clock, working together with the local children’s hospitals around the clock.

In order to maintain their health, preventive measures that improve child care, strengthen parental competence and systematically promote child development are essential. This is all the more the case because the practical skills required for raising and caring for children are hardly passed on from generation to generation any more in modern family structures. It is therefore no surprise to us that healthcare costs for this age category are rising rapidly.

With our knowledge and experience, we want to contribute to the development of innovative approaches to improve the health literacy of parents in Zug. Children and adolescents would primarily benefit from this, and, secondarily, our healthcare system.

We are convinced that quality in paediatric care for children and adolescents can only be maintained in the medium and long term through a fair cooperation between the various “players”. That is why we are also striving to obtain consensus decisions at the political level that are supported by the majority of the people who are responsible.