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            <title><![CDATA[Private-Sector Nurses Face Cuts of Thousands of Kronor in Unemployment Benefits]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It was presented by the union as a boost, but now compensation for many privately employed nurses is being reduced. The cut can amount to thousands of Swedish kronor a month, Arbetsvärlden writes.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:50:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Can your boss call you back from vacation? Here’s when it’s allowed]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[If your boss asks you to cancel your summer vacation, you may also be required to do so. But not for just any reason.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 03:50:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Unions warn Sweden’s reporting law could deter migrants from healthcare and schools]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Six authorities are now required to inform the police if there is reason to believe that a foreigner lacks the right to reside in Sweden. But critics of what they call the “reporting law” say the indirect effects are extensive and that healthcare and schools are not exempt in practice.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:13:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish midwives warn of severe summer staffing shortages, survey finds]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[This summer looks set to be tough for the country’s midwives as well. Many believe staffing is insufficient, according to a survey from the Swedish Healthcare Federation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:12:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sophia Godau Will Become New Chairwoman of the Swedish Healthcare Federation]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sophia Godau will become the new chairwoman of the Swedish Healthcare Federation, reports Vårdfokus.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 14:05:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Healthcare staff sick, evacuated from Queen Silvia's Children's Hospital premises in Gothenburg]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Healthcare staff in an operating room at Queen Silvia's Children's Hospital in Gothenburg have been feeling unwell while at work for some time. The facility is now being evacuated, Göteborgs-Posten reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:10:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Protective shutdown for ambulances in Stockholm lifted by Swedish Work Environment Authority]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The protective shutdown for ambulance healthcare in Stockholm, issued by the Swedish Health Care Association, has been lifted by the Swedish Work Environment Authority.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:43:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish government establishes crisis commission for healthcare]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Stress among employees in Swedish healthcare is at historically high levels. "We will establish a crisis commission," said Health Minister Elisabet Lann (KD).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Elisabeth Lann calls for emergency meeting about high sick leave in the healthcare sector]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Elisabeth Lann (KD) describes the high rate of sick leave in the healthcare sector as a failure. She is now calling for an emergency meeting, SVT Nyheter reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:05:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pregnant Women to Receive Retroactive Compensation for Lost Salary]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Thousands of publicly employed individuals may have missed out on salary during pregnancy. Now they will receive retroactive compensation]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:06:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ambulance Bulletproof Vests Criticized as False Security Measure]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The concern for violence and dangerous situations has increased among ambulance nurses in the metropolitan regions according to the Swedish Association of Health Professionals – but bulletproof vests are not seen as a solution to the problem. It becomes a false sense of security, says Jani Stjernström, vice chairman of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals and ambulance nurse.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 08:42:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ambulance Staff in Västra Götaland Buy Their Own Protective Vests]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ambulance staff in Västra Götaland county buy their own bulletproof vests after many have been affected by threats and violence, reports P4 Göteborg.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:32:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Union Criticizes Ambulance Dispatch After Fatal Assault in Nordanstig]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An ambulance employee has died at the hospital after being injured in an assault in Nordanstig municipality. According to Henrik Johansson, union secretary at the Ambulance Association, the ambulance should never have been sent there.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 17:00:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Scania Healthcare Workers Urge Sweden to Accept Gaza Patients]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:20:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Government Urges Better Summer Staffing Plans for Healthcare]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:29:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Drones to Replace Security at Sahlgrenska Hospital, Sparking Criticism]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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. The surveillance is being questioned by both researchers and trade unions. The people who are to be monitored are in a vulnerable situation, says docent Moa Dahlin who researches compulsory care.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 05:14:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stockholm Faces Critical Ambulance Shortage with Only One in Service]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A single ambulance in service at the ambulance station in Stockholm city, for hundreds of thousands of residents. Now the staff sound the alarm. We have always been cautious to tell about this kind of thing because it is a preparedness issue. But now I feel that the limit has been reached, says ambulance nurse Emil Skoglund.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 08:52:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Moderate Party's Plan to Abolish Thesis Faces Criticism]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:31:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Nurses Secure Pay Raise and Better Work Conditions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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. We think we have achieved a large part of our goals for an improved work environment and working hour arrangements, says the vice chairman of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals, Janí Stjernström, to TT.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:02:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of strike days last year]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Nurses' Association: Systemic Failure in Maternity Care]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:36:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA["Time for Improvement"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:30:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Unions on the Notification Requirement: We Have Been Heard]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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. It seems like they have listened to us, says Sacos chairman Göran Arrius to TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:47:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[VGR's journal system criticized: "Catastrophe"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Critical employees, an investigation at the Medical Products Agency – and an IT attack. On Tuesday, the criticized journal system Millennium was put into use. Some parts are going great. Other parts are going less well, says hospital director Joakim Höstner at a press conference.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:05:28 GMT</pubDate>
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