There has been a full-blown political row over maternity care since staff at the maternity hospital in Malmö raised the alarm about how austerity measures are affecting their working situation. Now the Social Democrats are demanding that the government, as the party puts it, restore 600 million kronor to care for newborns and their mothers.
Swedish politicsThe costs for elderly care are not increasing at the same rate as the need, writes the Financial Policy Council in its annual report for 2025. The risk is that we do not have a sufficiently good quality of our care, says the vice chairman Annika Sundén.
BusinessThe Government wants to investigate private actors offering assessments for ADHD diagnoses. There is a structure here that in practice means selling diagnoses for payment, says Minister for Social Affairs Jakob Forssmed (KD).
Swedish politicsThe criticism is broad against the government's and the Sweden Democrats' proposal to significantly increase the patients' own payment for medicines from this summer. Recurring is the concern from the referral bodies that individuals with low incomes will not be able to afford, or want to, collect their medication.
Swedish politicsThe Government wants to see if knowledge and experiences from cancer care can strengthen the care and support of dementia patients. The assignment is presented in connection with the presentation of the developed national dementia strategy.
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