Million-Dollar Investment to Shorten BUP Queues

The Government wants to strengthen the work on mental health and suicide prevention. In the budget, a investment of 1.37 billion kronor is proposed for 2025.

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Million-Dollar Investment to Shorten BUP Queues
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Prioritizing mental health and suicide prevention, especially for young people, is a point in the Tidö Agreement between the government parties and the Sweden Democrats.

More and more people are experiencing mental health problems such as stress or sleep disorders, more and more are being sick-listed with psychiatric diagnoses. More and more people feel that life is meaningless, says Minister for Social Affairs Jakob Forssmed (KD).

The government proposes in the budget, which will be presented in its entirety tomorrow, that the allocations for shortening the queues to child and adolescent psychiatry (BUP) will be increased by 470 million kronor in 2025. Together with previously decided allocations for the same year, it means that a total of one billion kronor will be allocated for this purpose.

Today's waiting times are not acceptable, says Forssmed.

"Not enough"

To improve acute psychiatric care and to strengthen suicide prevention work, it is proposed that 400 million kronor in new funds will be allocated in 2025.

No one should have to end up in a situation where they are so vulnerable that they do not find any other way out than to take their own life, says Forssmed

The number of suicides is decreasing, but not enough.

A third proposal is that 500 new million kronor will go to primary care for work against mental illness in 2025.

Increased hourly allowance

At the press conference, proposals are also presented that concern personal assistance for people with disabilities. The standard amount for assistance allowance is increased by approximately ten kronor to 342.58 kronor per hour. The proposal costs the state 390 million kronor in 2025.

The standard amount for parental allowance for parents with disabled children is proposed to be halved, which increases the expenses for the state by 95 million kronor this year.

In addition, state grants to disability organizations will increase by 20 million kronor.

This is six powerful initiatives we are presenting today. It's about nearly 1.9 billion kronor, says Minister for Social Affairs Camilla Waltersson Grönvall (M).

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