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Sweden's Maternity Clinics See Care Improvements After Review

There were deficiencies at all of the country's 45 maternity clinics when the Health and Care Inspectorate (Ivo) reviewed them last year. Now, 30 of them have improved their care and working methods.

Sweden's Maternity Clinics See Care Improvements After Review

The Minister: ADHD diagnoses are sold for payment

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).

The Minister: ADHD diagnoses are sold for payment

Burnout syndrome to be removed: "I think it will get better"

Tens of thousands of people are sick-listed every year for burnout syndrome. Now the diagnosis is disappearing.

Burnout syndrome to be removed: "I think it will get better"

Clear: Botkyrka to pay back millions

Botkyrka is to pay back 9. 6 million kronor of the grant the municipality received for social initiatives in disadvantaged areas.

Clear: Botkyrka to pay back millions

The Government wants civil conscription in healthcare

Already this fall, the National Board of Health and Welfare will submit its analysis of what a civil duty in healthcare could look like in the event of war. .

The Government wants civil conscription in healthcare

Fighting Back: Misleading Information about Revoked Driver's Licenses

The Transport Agency has been accused of withdrawing driving licenses – despite the motorists having zero promille in their blood. Now the authority is fighting back.

Fighting Back: Misleading Information about Revoked Driver's Licenses

Medical Association: The State Should Be Responsible for Emergency Hospitals

The state must take over the responsibility for the emergency hospitals to ensure that healthcare is based on national needs and planned with long-term perspective, writes Elin Karlsson, chairperson of the Hospital Doctors, on Svenska Dagbladet's debate page. .

Medical Association: The State Should Be Responsible for Emergency Hospitals

At Least 20 Murdered Women Last Year – Meeting About Violence

Violence against women continues in Sweden – and in 2024, at least 20 women were murdered. On Monday, a number of authority heads met to discuss how preventive work can be strengthened.

At Least 20 Murdered Women Last Year – Meeting About Violence

Sweden's New Strategy to Help Youth Exit Crime Networks

It is still few children and young people who get support to leave the criminal life, simply because the authorities do not find them. Now, the police have developed a new internal support material to make it easier for them to be identified.

Sweden's New Strategy to Help Youth Exit Crime Networks

Ängelholm municipality is putting stop to Bloody Activity in Gym

Under so-called body suspension, hooks are pulled through the skin of the participants, who are then hoisted into the air, hanging in their own skin. Now, Ängelholm municipality is putting a stop to the rental of a gym to the activity, citing that it is too bloody, reports HD/Sydsvenskan.

Ängelholm municipality is putting stop to Bloody Activity in Gym

Fewer patients received psychiatric compulsory care

Barely 500 fewer patients were treated according to the law on psychiatric compulsory care, LPT, in 2023 compared to 2022. This is shown by fresh figures from the National Board of Health and Welfare.

Fewer patients received psychiatric compulsory care

Certain antidepressants can affect dementia

Some antidepressant medications are linked to a faster deterioration of the brain's abilities in dementia. And some types of medications seem to affect more than others, according to new research.

Certain antidepressants can affect dementia

The Licensing of Firearms Needs to be Strengthened

To prevent unsuitable individuals from obtaining firearms permits, the Police Authority and the National Board of Health and Welfare are tasked by the government to develop and strengthen the work on permit testing for firearms regarding medical suitability. .

The Licensing of Firearms Needs to be Strengthened

Vehicles for transporting the injured in crisis situations are lacking

To meet the need for ambulance transports in crisis or war, more vehicles are required. Now, an increased capacity is needed, states the National Board of Health and Welfare in a survey.

Vehicles for transporting the injured in crisis situations are lacking

The Government wants to see better risk assessments

Better risk assessments in psychiatry after the recent violent incidents. This is the government's goal with two new measures.

The Government wants to see better risk assessments

The Proposal – Merge Small Authorities

The Government wants to reduce the number of authorities. Now, an investigation proposes, among other things, a merger of several smaller authorities.

The Proposal – Merge Small Authorities

Men fight against female genital mutilation of girls

The number of girls and women who have been subjected to genital mutilation has increased by 15 percent in recent years, despite great efforts against it. In several places, parents are fighting against the tradition.

Men fight against female genital mutilation of girls

The Hunters Association critical of changes to weapons law

We do not see the need to rush through legislation. This is what the Swedish Hunters Association's general secretary Carl-Johan Djurstedt Holm says about the changes in the firearms legislation that the government and the Sweden Democrats want to make.

The Hunters Association critical of changes to weapons law

After the school shooting – the government tightens gun laws

The Government and the Sweden Democrats want to ban hunters from having semi-automatic weapons of military type, such as AR-15. The suitability testing of individuals who want to have a gun license will also be tightened.

After the school shooting – the government tightens gun laws

After the school shooting – the government tightens gun laws

The Government and the Sweden Democrats want to limit the access to semi-automatic weapons of a certain type, such as the AR-15. The suitability testing of individuals who want to obtain a gun license will also be strengthened.

After the school shooting – the government tightens gun laws

Cancer will soon be the most common cause of death

The number of cancer cases in Sweden is increasing and soon the disease is expected to be the most common cause of death among women. Now, the National Board of Health and Welfare is launching a new tool to improve cancer care.

Cancer will soon be the most common cause of death

How the suspected mass murderer was able to get a gun license

The suspected mass murderer in Örebro had a license for four weapons. The question now arises as to how he was deemed suitable to obtain a weapons license.

How the suspected mass murderer was able to get a gun license

The Government wants to see increased knowledge about post-covid

To increase knowledge and improve care for post-covid in children, the National Board of Health and Welfare and the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services (SBU) are receiving new assignments, the government announces. "We need a deeper understanding of how post-covid affects children and how we can best provide treatment.

The Government wants to see increased knowledge about post-covid

Men fight against female genital mutilation of girls

The number of girls and women who have been subjected to genital mutilation has increased by 15 percent in recent years, despite great efforts against it. In many places, parents are fighting against the tradition.

Men fight against female genital mutilation of girls