The government has previously allocated extra funds to the regions in 2025 to shorten queues for cataract, prolapse and hip joint surgeries. This has, to varying degrees, led to shorter queues.
– A problem we have been dragged into for too long in Swedish healthcare is that far too many people have to wait far too long for care, says Björn Eriksson, Director General of the National Board of Health and Welfare, at a press conference together with Minister of Healthcare Elisabet Lann (KD).
The proposals from the National Board of Health and Welfare are the response to a request for information on what the authority believes could be areas of care that require extra investment to reduce queues. The government has previously announced that it will allocate SEK 750 million in 2026 for various measures and initiatives to reduce queues and come closer to fulfilling the care guarantee.
