Minister touts new health system watchdog
Published: 9 Sep 12 12:14 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/43114/20120909/
The budget has been set for a new public agency tasked with tracking errors in the Swedish healthcare system, with health minister Göran Hägglund saying the agency's 651 million kronor ($98.5 million) budget will help improve Swedes' trust in the health system.
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Part of the budget for the new authority will be taken from the National Board for Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen), as part of that agency's duties will be moved over to the new inspection authority.
The reason for starting the new authority is to have better overview of the mistakes made in Swedish healthcare, said Sweden's minister for health and social affairs, Göran Hägglund.
"We want inspections to improve. This is an important part of our work with patient safety, checking up on the mistakes that have been made in order to build the trust that healthcare needs to have, and to be able to learn from the mistakes that are made," said Hägglund to the TT news agency.
"We'll be taking money from the National Board for Health and Welfare. Since they're losing part of their duties, it only makes sense that their budget is changed," said Hägglund, but wouldn't say how much of the board's budget would be affected.
The new healthcare system watchdog will have inspectors placed throughout Sweden, but its headquarters will be in Stockholm.
The government has set aside 376 million kronor to fund the agency in 2013, when it is expected to be in operation for about half the year. Thereafter, the government expects the agency's annual budget to be 651 million kronor.
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Look, yearly 700 million kronor budget from the tax payers money to inspect the drunken doctors community. I suspect if this money even is enough for their annual vacations trips, oops conferences . Next year they claim to triple this budget..
The problem is that the health care system is extremely lazy and spoiled. Their rules and regulation are from almost 50 years ago and their so called "mafia" will not let easily let to change them.
The doctors have one of the highest salaries in Sweden and they really don't deserved it compared to their service to society.
I had a problem with my teeth once and I went to Folktandvården in Solna. The people dentists were extremely unfriendly and it they were just playing with me around 18 months and I payed a huge amount of fee for everytime visit and finally I got fed up to do my operation in a private clinic. I just realized some of the dentists were not happy with 60,000 kr salaries per month and were working extar in private clinics to get more money. That was they were very busy and not have time for me.
I think it's better instead of giving this 700 million kronor for this watchdog organization, government cut the hospital budget 700 million kronor so the hospitals fire lazy doctor and nurses who are burden and not efficient.
So reading your comment your solution is just to let people die then name and shame, Great! that really solves the problem.
It is also very clear that many people here are not aware of the reason for health failures in Sweden. Of course there is no excuse for anybody leaving during an operation unless a substitute can be found. However huge cuts have been made by the current incompetent government. They have closed hospital wards and departments putting pressure on other facilities, reduced the number of doctors and nurses, they have taken away all funding for assistant nurse training. In some areas of Sweden it can be a 1 - 2 hour drive to the nearest appropriate hospital, so it can take up to 4 hours for an ambulance to get a dying person to hospital. This latest loony idea from the government is just moving money from one area to another, what the heath service needs is full founding so it can operate efficiently.
These people do a fantastic job and all you want to do is crucify them, everybody makes mistakes so why keep kicking these people, did you kick the bankers, nooooooooooo, because they are still laughing at you.
Swedish healthcare was even shoddier when the Social Democrats held power.
But it was covered up by the media because almost all Swedish journalists were members of guess-which-party.
How were those doctor and nurses who were cut down? I swear they have been the most fresh and recently educated employees with a modern education who have been cut down: because of the stupid rule of the unions in Sweden: "Last In First out".
Therefore, the old, lazy, incompetent generation of employees are always protected by law and they just laugh at the system. I think the best thing will be to cut those "Inefficient" people.
If we are honest, how long the hospital people work efficiently: most of the time, they are having fika, parties, lunch etc which show they are not committed to the patients.