According to the Swedish Healthcare Association's safety stop, ambulance personnel would be prevented from responding to addresses where there are documented threatening or violent people unless a police escort is present.
Earlier on Friday, the Stockholm Region asked the Swedish Work Environment Authority to lift the safety stop, which DN reported on, and the authority has taken the employer's line.
"We agree with the safety representatives that we should have a system where employees receive information about risks before alerting a patient. Work to get this in place is underway. Next week we will meet with the safety representatives to go through proposals for measures," says Matilda Axelsson, acting director of operations at the ambulance healthcare administration, in a press release.
According to the union, the Stockholm Region currently lacks sufficient procedures to ensure a safe working environment for ambulance drivers, even though the parties agree that the assignments may pose a risk to life.
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