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Elderly Care Costs Lag Behind Growing Needs in Sweden

Elderly Care Costs Lag Behind Growing Needs in Sweden

Thu 15 May 2025 05:26 CEST

The 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

The Minister: ADHD diagnoses are sold for payment

The Minister: ADHD diagnoses are sold for payment

Tue 18 Mar 2025 10:39 CET

The 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)

Harsh Criticism of More Expensive Medicines

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Harsh Criticism of More Expensive Medicines

Sat 1 Mar 2025 08:39 CET

The 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

Knowledge about cancer care to help dementia patients

Knowledge about cancer care to help dementia patients

Tue 21 Jan 2025 13:05 CET

The 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