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Scania Healthcare Workers Urge Sweden to Accept Gaza Patients
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Scania Healthcare Workers Urge Sweden to Accept Gaza Patients

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In an open letter to the management of Skåne's eight hospitals, over 500 healthcare employees appeal for Sweden to also receive seriously injured people from the war-torn Gaza.
Government Urges Better Summer Staffing Plans for Healthcare
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Government Urges Better Summer Staffing Plans for Healthcare

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After yet another summer with alarm reports of staff shortages in both ambulance and healthcare, the government wants the regions to plan better. The National Board of Health and Welfare is now tasked with seeing what can be improved, but the SKR thinks the government is missing the target
Drones to Replace Security at Sahlgrenska Hospital, Sparking Criticism
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Drones to Replace Security at Sahlgrenska Hospital, Sparking Criticism

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Drones are to replace security personnel in forensic psychiatry at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg. The goal is to increase safety on the hospital grounds and use the personnel for something else
Stockholm Faces Critical Ambulance Shortage with Only One in Service
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Stockholm Faces Critical Ambulance Shortage with Only One in Service

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A single ambulance in service at the ambulance station in Stockholm city, for hundreds of thousands of residents. Now the staff sound the alarm
Moderate Party's Plan to Abolish Thesis Faces Criticism
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Moderate Party's Plan to Abolish Thesis Faces Criticism

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By abolishing the thesis on certain educations, those who educate themselves within shortage occupations can get out into work faster, according to a working group within The Moderate Party. But from a trade union perspective, the anger over the proposal is great
Swedish Nurses Secure Pay Raise and Better Work Conditions
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Swedish Nurses Secure Pay Raise and Better Work Conditions

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A new collective agreement between the Swedish Association of Health Professionals and SKR is in place. The result: higher salaries, higher on-call allowances and improved conditions for flexible working hours
The Swedish Association of Health Professionals Slams Higher Patient Fee: "Devastating"
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The Swedish Association of Health Professionals Slams Higher Patient Fee: "Devastating"

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The increase in prescription fees for medicines hits the sickest and weakest – and in the long run the entire healthcare system, according to the Swedish Association of Health Professionals. It will only shift the costs, says chairperson Sineva Ribeiro
Tens of thousands of strike days last year
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Tens of thousands of strike days last year

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The Nurses' Association: Systemic Failure in Maternity Care
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The Nurses' Association: Systemic Failure in Maternity Care

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There are serious deficiencies that have not been addressed at almost all maternity wards in Sweden. This is a system failure, says Åsa Mörner, board member of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals and midwife
"Time for Improvement"
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"Time for Improvement"

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Focus on working hours, scheduling, work environment and salary. This is what Vårdförbundet's chairman Sineva Ribeiro says, in connection with the parties exchanging claims ahead of the collective bargaining round
The Unions on the Notification Requirement: We Have Been Heard
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The Unions on the Notification Requirement: We Have Been Heard

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Several authorities are exempt from the so-called "informant law", according to the government's investigator's proposal. This is welcomed by the affected trade unions
VGR's journal system criticized: "Catastrophe"
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VGR's journal system criticized: "Catastrophe"

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Critical employees, an investigation at the Medical Products Agency – and an IT attack. On Tuesday, the criticized journal system Millennium was put into use
Union concern as hired personnel decrease in healthcare
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Union concern as hired personnel decrease in healthcare

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Criticism of police officers being exempt from student loans
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Criticism of police officers being exempt from student loans

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Students at the police academy will have their student loans repaid or written off. This was one of the announcements made by the government and the Sweden Democrats this morning
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