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Welfare

The following articles have been tagged with "Welfare":

'Lean hospital a sign of Swedish welfare reform'

Business & Money: 20 May 13
A Stockholm hospital saved from closure by private health care providers has been hailed by the Economist as one of modern's Sweden public-private success stories. READ »

'Not all discrimination in Sweden is racism'

Analysis & Opinion: 14 May 13
Media and politicians in Sweden need to do a better job explaining that not all discrimination is based on racism. There are ways people can overcome it to climb the social ladder, argues liberal commentator Nima Sanandaji. READ »

Government locks horns with opposition over jobs

Business & Money: 6 May 13
Swedish political party leaders clashed on primetime TV on Sunday night, with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and opposition leader Stefan Löfven butting heads over labour policy. READ »

Swedish schoolboy gets cervical cancer jab

Science & Technology: 2 May 13
A Swedish boy in grade six who was supposed to get his measles jab was instead injected with the Gardasil vaccine, which is normally offered to Swedish teen girls to ward off the HPV virus that can cause cervical cancer. READ »

Sweden Democrat MP in racist Facebook chat

Politics: 26 Apr 13
The Sweden Democrat who replaced an MP disgraced for oinking at a security guard has himself been found to have referred to a group of black people as monkeys on Facebook. READ »

Party crumbled under pressure: Mustafa

Politics: 23 Apr 13
Omar Mustafa has spoken out about the "Pandora's box of Islamophobic conspiracy theories" and the party's subsequent actions that made him quit his high-profile position in the Social Democrat party. READ »

'Freeing Princess Estelle is a hollow argument'

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Apr 13
Swedes who want to abolish the monarchy often say they want to liberate the royal children from their duties, but Princess Estelle is far too young to respond to such a claim, argues Moderate MP Andreas Norlén. READ »

Swedish dentists 'too eager' with antibiotics

Science & Technology: 23 Apr 13
Dentists in Stockholm and the south are more than twice as likely to dole out antibiotics than their colleagues up north, prompting fears they are contributing to the rise in antibiotics-resistant bacteria. READ »

Swedish doctor faces trial for killing baby

National: 19 Apr 13
A doctor in southern Sweden has been charged with manslaughter after his use of a ventouse during a 55-hour birth resulted in the death of a baby and serious injuries to the mother. READ »

What India can teach Sweden about healthcare

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Apr 13
As debate rages in Sweden about the role of private firms in the country's publicly-financed healthcare system, liberal commentator Nima Sanandaji suggests Swedes may find a solution inspired by an innovative heart surgeon from India. READ »

Pensioner dies after removal of healthy kidney

Society: 13 Apr 13
An 81-year-old woman died shortly having a perfectly healthy kidney removed, a mistake which the National Board of Health and Welfare has concluded led to the woman's death. READ »

Social Democrats strike deal on welfare profits

Politics: 5 Apr 13
Social Democrat congress delegates on Friday forced the top brass to make sure private companies in the state-funded welfare sector will have to spend a certain proportion of their budget on staffing. READ »

Scrap mock solutions to unemployment: Löfven

Politics: 4 Apr 13
Stefan Löfven, who was officially elected to head his party on Thursday, said in his first address that the Social Democrats must outline a "feminist agenda" in a speech also dominated by labour policy. READ »

Swedish healthcare: all you need to know

Lifestyle: 27 Mar 13
Sweden is a comparatively expensive place to live compared to the rest of Europe, but it delivers an exceptional standard of living. Expats too are entitled to receive the same healthcare, education, and welfare benefits as the native population. READ »

Reinfeldt slams Cameron over immigration stance

Politics: 27 Mar 13
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has criticized David Cameron over the British prime minister's plans to restrict migrants' access to social benefits. READ »

Gothenburg hotel leaves guests out in the cold

Travel: 25 Mar 13
A Gothenburg hotel concept that is part social commentary, part installation, has received worldwide attention by inviting guests to pay to be homeless for a night in the city. READ »

Wheelchair fraudster guilty of benefit heist

Business & Money: 23 Mar 13
A 47-year-old who went on holiday in Egypt while posing as handicapped in Sweden and claiming millions in benefits has been sentenced to four years in prison. READ »

Reepalu successor appointed to head Malmö

Politics: 23 Mar 13
Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, 38, will replace Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu, who is set to resign after two decades on the job. READ »

Woman asks to carry dead sister's baby

Science & Technology: 20 Mar 13
A woman in Sweden has asked health officials for permission to have a baby for her dead sister, who bequeathed the woman her unfertilized eggs and indicated that her surviving sister's pregnancy would fulfill her "deepest wish". READ »

Woman dies after getting too much oxygen

Science & Technology: 20 Mar 13
An elderly woman from central Sweden is dead after receiving too much oxygen to help with breathing problems following an operation. READ »

UK swoons over Swedish policy smörgåsbord

Politics: 15 Mar 13
British politicians have a "big crush" on Sweden, according to the Economist magazine, a love affair shared by both the left and right despite lingering questions about how much of what works in Sweden can work in the UK. READ »

Homelessness in Malmö: 'A vicious circle'

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Mar 13
As homelessness figures increase across Sweden, contributor Patrick Reilly heads to a soup kitchen in Malmö to find out more about the city's estimated 1,000 homeless people and what's being done to help them. READ »

'Why haven't we had a woman prime minister?'

National: 8 Mar 13
Birgitta Ohlsson made waves when she was appointed European Affairs Minister while pregnant, but she still wonders why Sweden lags behind its neighbours in having a woman head the government, the AFP's Camille Bas-Wohlert discovers. READ »

Swedes should expect to work longer: Reinfeldt

Business & Money: 6 Mar 13
Swedes will need to start their careers earlier and retire later in life if the Swedish welfare state is to remain sustainable, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said on Tuesday in conjunction with the release of new government report. READ »

'Young Swedes need more mental health help'

Science & Technology: 6 Mar 13
One in four 16- to 18-year-olds in Sweden suffers from mental health issues, according to a report from the OECD, which found Sweden loses 2.8 percent of GDP annually in mental health-related costs. READ »

Girl dies after docs think brain tumour is ADHD

Science & Technology: 28 Feb 13
An 8-year-old girl is dead after doctors in southern Sweden failed to diagnose her brain tumour, believing her symptoms may have been related to her ADHD medications. READ »

'CV discrimination is idiotic': opposition

Politics: 20 Feb 13
The Social Democrats accused the right-of-centre government of pessimism, infighting and wage dumping on Wednesday, as leader Stefan Löfven introduced new proposals to shore up the welfare state and boost jobs. READ »

Stockholm soup kitchen exposes homeless plight

Society: 18 Feb 13
Hundreds of free lunches were served on a Stockholm square on Sunday as part of a local group's efforts to raise awareness about homelessness in the Swedish capital. READ »

Malmö mayor of two decades to step down

National: 4 Feb 13
The Social Democrat mayor of Malmö, Ilmar Reepalu, has announced he is leaving the job on July 1st, saying he wants to spend more time with his grandchild. READ »

'Immigrant areas have fewer social problems'

National: 3 Feb 13
Some areas of Sweden with low levels of immigration have more pronounced social problems than towns with higher numbers of immigrants, according to the conclusions of a new report based on the UN Human Development Index. READ »

Woman asks to bury recently removed breast

Society: 19 Jan 13
A woman in Jönköping in central Sweden has been given permission to reclaim her surgically removed breast after she said that she wished to give it a dignified burial. READ »

Party leaders jostle over job loss threat

Politics: 16 Jan 13
The opposition Social Democrats have accused the government of being ill-prepared to deal with unemployment in the new year's first party leader debate in the Riksdag. READ »

Unions propose profit cap on welfare business

Business & Money: 15 Jan 13
The Swedish Trade Union Confederation has proposed a new type of company that would limit profits made in the tax-funded welfare sector, in a move that goes against the line of their traditional political ally, the opposition Social Democrat Party. READ »

Two years of chemo for 'non-existent' tumours

Science & Technology: 15 Jan 13
A woman from eastern Sweden underwent chemotherapy for two years before doctors realized the cancerous tumours they were treating didn't actually exist. READ »

Old maps result in hour-long ambulance delay

Science & Technology: 12 Jan 13
It took ambulance staff nearly one hour to reach a man suffering from chest pains in southern Sweden because their maps were out of date. READ »

Forty years in comics for 'leftie bear' Bamse

Lifestyle: 10 Jan 13
A brown bear in blue dungarees dubbed the "world's strongest bear" celebrated 40 years of leading the battle for a kinder world this week, despite charges of being a communist and a turn-coat capitalist. Ursus comicus Bamse is The Local's Swede of the Week. READ »

Increase in Swedish girls taking ADHD drugs

Science & Technology: 10 Jan 13
The number of Swedish girls given medicine to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has increased much more rapidly compared to their male peers. READ »

Swedish mob gets 'savvy' as pressure mounts

National: 7 Jan 13
Criminal networks are increasingly savvy when hiding their money trail, according to Swedish tax authorities, who have employed the Al Capone model to go after gangsters' assets. READ »

Corruption concern over bulk vaccine buy

Business & Money: 2 Jan 13
Anti-corruption commentators are concerned that the National Board of Health and Welfare underpinned one of its most expensive vaccine campaigns to date with feedback from several experts with clear ties to the vaccine industry READ »

Dementia bigger killer than heart attacks

Science & Technology: 30 Dec 12
For decades, heart attacks were the most common cause of death in Sweden, but now more Swedes are dying from dementia. READ »

Dental drill fell into patient's lung

National: 28 Dec 12
A dental implant surgery turned into a nightmare as the dentist’s drill came unstuck, fell down the patient’s throat and landed in her right lung, an accident which has now been reported to the authorities. READ »

Danish labour law attracts Swedish workers

Business & Money: 27 Dec 12
Many thousands of Swedes flock across the sound to Denmark for work every day, but now Copenhagen is trying to tailor the country's labour market 'flexicurity' to a new reality of sluggish growth and rising unemployment. READ »

Most sterilizations performed on women

Science & Technology: 25 Dec 12
In Sweden, more women choose to get sterilized than men, according to new figures from the National Board of Health and Welfare. READ »

Surgeons lose scalpel in Swede's nose

Science & Technology: 17 Dec 12
Doctors have been unable to extract a piece of a scalpel that broke off and got lost in a patient's nose during a recent procedure at a clinic near Stockholm. READ »

'Citizens shouldn't pay for costs of long healthcare waiting times'

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Dec 12
Forcing public healthcare providers to pay fines for long waiting times, rather than leaving citizens to suffer, would help improve Sweden's public system, argues liberal commentator Nima Sanandaji. READ »

Swedish hospitals fail to meet hygiene guidelines

Society: 10 Dec 12
The majority of hospitals in Sweden are not following the country’s guidelines for toilet hygiene, with many only cleaning the toilets once a day or less. READ »

Guide dog not a hot ticket to disability bash

National: 7 Dec 12
A partially-sighted Swedish woman was barred from a disability conference because another attendee was allergic to her guide dog, but has retaliated by reporting the incident to Sweden's Equality Ombudsman. READ »

Occultism claims mar Swedish Christmas show

Society: 7 Dec 12
A Catholic priest and several angry viewers have attacked Swedish state broadcaster SVT, claiming its annual Christmas television special promotes occultism. READ »

Care home reported for maggots in man's foot

Science & Technology: 30 Nov 12
A Carema-run nursing home in southern Sweden has been reported to health authorities after maggots were found crawling in a wound on a resident's foot and the man's leg was later operated due to bone rot. READ »

Swedish retirement made easier for Indians

Business & Money: 23 Nov 12
The Swedish government is set to simplify the pension system for the country's 8,000-strong Indian workforce, as the social security minister jets off to New Delhi in the latest bid to strengthen ties with the key Asian market. READ »

Brother charged in Skåne teen girl stabbing

National: 14 Nov 12
A 17-year-old boy in southern Sweden was charged on Wednesday with the murder of his 19-year-old sister, who died in April after being stabbed more than 100 times with two knives and a pair of scissors. READ »

Parents learn of teen's crash on Facebook

Science & Technology: 13 Nov 12
Parents of a 16-year-old girl taken to hospital after a car crash in central Sweden were shocked at having to find out about the incident through Facebook. READ »

Moving to Sweden: is it the right decision?

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Oct 12
Irishman and newly-minted Malmö resident Patrick Reilly reflects on the ups and downs of deciding to follow one's Swedish partner to start a new life in Sweden. READ »

Social Democrats: no ban on welfare sector profits

Politics: 26 Oct 12
The Social Democrats said on Friday they would not call for a ban on profits by companies working in the welfare sector, arguing instead for stronger regulations, increased transparency, and tougher demands on quality. READ »

Swedes 'best in the world' at English

Education: 26 Oct 12
Swedes have the highest proficiency in English as a second language in the world, according to a new study which tested nearly 2 million people in 54 countries. READ »

Nurses in care home scandal escape charges

National: 24 Oct 12
The preliminary investigation against two nurses, under suspicion of maltreating patients at a care home in central Sweden, has been dropped despite allegations that one pressed vomit down a patient’s throat. READ »

Man left with rotting leg after hospital 'loses' him

National: 13 Oct 12
A 21-year-old Swedish man fears that he will be unable to walk unaided again after Linköping University Hospital lost track of him, leading to a delay in the treatment of a routine foot fracture. READ »

Party heads clash in season's first debate

Politics: 8 Oct 12
Jobs, the economy, and welfare gains were the subjects of a heated debate when Sweden’s eight party leaders met for the autumn’s first televised debate since the opening of the new parliamentary session. READ »

Transfusion tragedy as baby gets Hepatitis C

Science & Technology: 5 Oct 12
A baby with heart problems was infected with Hepatitis C on Thursday after a blood transfusion in a Gothenburg hospital. READ »

Hacktivists threaten 'biggest attack' on Friday

National: 4 Oct 12
After a DDOS attack on the Swedish Riksbank late on Wednesday night, a spokesperson claiming ties to hacktivist network Anonymous promised the “biggest” attack so far to take place on Friday. READ »

Hackers' new target: Sweden's Riksbank

Business & Money: 3 Oct 12
Hacktivist network Anonymous followed through on threats to direct a cyber attack against Sweden’s Riksbank on Wednesday night in retaliation for Monday's raid on PRQ - previous hosts to The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks. Many other sites were also hit. READ »

Swede forced to fake stroke to get x-ray

Society: 3 Oct 12
A Swedish man has reported his local hospital after being forced to fake stroke symptoms to finally get an x-ray, following years of debilitating headaches, high blood pressure and 47 trips to the hospital. READ »

Swedish sites hit by new wave of cyber attacks

Science & Technology: 3 Oct 12
Computer hackers claiming to be from the Anonymous network took over the website of Sweden's health board on Tuesday night, leaving a profane message for anyone who visited the site. A site related to Sweden's courts was also hit. READ »

Elderly woman dies after ambulance no-show

Science & Technology: 1 Oct 12
A 77-year-old woman who fell in her home in southern Sweden had her call for an ambulance refused when she told the duty nurse she had felt better after drinking some whiskey. The woman was found dead the next day. READ »

Fury over doc who let 15-year-old cut into patient

Education: 1 Oct 12
A Malmö woman remains angry she was never told that a 15-year-old student was allowed to participate in her Cesarean section operation, learning of the incident only after reading of it in the local paper. READ »

Patient waits eight hours in emergency ward, dies

Science & Technology: 26 Sep 12
A Gothenburg hospital has been reported to Swedish health authorities after a seriously ill patient was forced to wait eight hours in the emergency ward, only to then suffer a stroke and die. READ »

'We can afford to invest in Sweden': Reinfeldt

Politics: 18 Sep 12
Sweden's parliament officially opened on Tuesday with sombre remembrances, royal reflections, and a promise from Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt that the goverment would "invest in Sweden". READ »

Paramedics opt for shift change, patient dies

Science & Technology: 17 Sep 12
A heart patient died after ambulance drivers who received the high priority call just as their shift was ending decided to swing by the station to change drivers, delaying their arrival to the patient's home. READ »

Doc sent traumatized girl to be cured by medium

Society: 13 Sep 12
A doctor in central Sweden has come under fire for taking a traumatized girl to a medium, in hopes that having the girl contact one of her dead relatives would help cure her. READ »

Teen skater charged after woman dies from crash

Society: 11 Sep 12
Charges have been filed against a 15-year-old boy following his involvement in a skateboarding accident where he crashed into a woman who later died from the fall. READ »

'Free markets to thank for Swedish model success'

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Sep 12
While Sweden is often held up as a shining example of the benefits of a generous welfare state, a new paper argues that free markets, rather than a large state sector, are the real key to Sweden's economic success. READ »

Minister touts new health system watchdog

Politics: 9 Sep 12
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. READ »

Fall from hospital bed kills elderly woman

Society: 8 Sep 12
An elderly woman died from the injuries she sustained after falling out of her hospital bed at Sundsvall’s hospital in northern Sweden, where more similar falls have occurred recently. READ »

More Swedes dependent on welfare payments

Business & Money: 7 Sep 12
An increasing number of people in Sweden are dependent on long-term social welfare benefits to survive, according to a new report from the National Board of Health and Welfare. READ »

Man dies after doc takes lunch during kidney op

Science & Technology: 6 Sep 12
A 72-year-old man having a tumour removed from his kidney died after the chief anesthetist and nurse took a lunch break in the middle of the surgery. READ »

81-year-old man falls from hospital window

National: 4 Sep 12
An elderly man has sustained serious injuries after falling five metres from a hospital window in western Sweden on Monday night. READ »

Bengt, 80, left for a week with broken neck

Society: 28 Aug 12
An 80-year-old man was left lying in bed for a week with a broken neck at a care home in western Sweden after his care assistants failed to notice that anything was amiss. READ »

Doc reported after breast surgery vids hit YouTube

National: 25 Aug 12
A Stockholm-based plastic surgeon has been reported for uploading videos to YouTube showing before, during and after footage of patients’ breast augmentations, where the women were identifiable. READ »

US denies pressuring UK in Assange case

National: 17 Aug 12
The US on Thursday denied charges that it had put pressure on the UK to extradite Julian Assange, claiming to not be involved in what has become an international row over the WikiLeaks founder's situation. READ »

Sweden 'less prepared' than Norway: report

National: 14 Aug 12
Sweden would not be able to mobilize as many ambulance helicopters or specialized medical staff as Norway did during the 2011 attacks, according to a new report. READ »

Docs thought pneumonia was anxiety, woman dead

Science & Technology: 17 Jul 12
A hospital in southern Sweden has been reported to Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare after a 55-year-old woman died from double pneumonia after doctors had diagnosed her for a panic attack. READ »

Green light for needle exchange in Stockholm

Science & Technology: 17 Jul 12
Swedish health officials have approved a request from Stockholm to launch a needle exchange programme for drug addicts in the Swedish capital. READ »

Crisis, conservatism, and China: the centre-right jockeys for position

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jul 12
Correspondent and commentator David Linden looks at whether leaders of Sweden's three centre-right political parties – which sometimes struggle in the shadow of the Moderates – managed to put their parties in the Almedalen spotlight. READ »

'Give 100 million in export support': Löfven

Business & Money: 7 Jul 12
The Social Democrats want to invest in small and medium-sized export companies, wrote the party’s head Stefan Löfven in an opinion piece on Saturday. READ »

Sweden's Left: singing the same old song?

Politics: 6 Jul 12
Jonas Sjöstedt, the fresh face of the Left Party, was expected to use Almedalen to show he was taking the party in a new direction, but correspondent and commentator David Linden was left unconvinced the new party leader managed to do so. READ »

'Major' rise in ADHD meds for Swedish tots

Science & Technology: 4 Jul 12
The number of Swedish children under six taking prescription medications to treat symptoms of ADHD has tripled in the past five years, according to new statistics. READ »

Newborn dropped on the floor at Swedish hospital

Science & Technology: 3 Jul 12
A prematurely born baby boy was dropped on the floor by staff at the Skåne University Hospital in Malmö on Monday, in a neonatal unit which was understaffed at the time. READ »

'Sweden's manga-child porn case is reminiscent of the Eastern bloc'

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jul 12
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court case which examined whether manga cartoon images constituted child pornography, Swedish journalist and columnist Ola Tedin ponders the morality of the court's ruling. READ »

Manure mishap kills 48 cows on Swedish farm

National: 29 Jun 12
Dozens of cows were found dead on a farm in central Sweden on Thursday after having drowned in their own excrement, prompting veterinary officials to launch an investigation into the incident. READ »

Danish ‘penis-doctor’ plans Swedish clinic

Science & Technology: 26 Jun 12
A Danish plastic surgeon known as the “penis-doctor”, has been given the go ahead to start practicing medicine in Sweden, despite several convictions and a slew of medical complaints in Denmark. READ »

Nurse allowed to work after suicide bomb threat

Society: 26 Jun 12
A male nurse who threatened police with a homemade bomb strapped to his body in Gothenburg three years ago has been given permission to continue to practice his profession. READ »

Utopia meets reality - Sweden after Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jun 12
Sweden – a country of sexually liberated people, sensible cars and flat-pack furniture, or a modern society battling with violence, injustice and men who hate women? The Local's Rebecca Martin looks at how the success of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy has affected Sweden’s image abroad. READ »

Agency proposes age limit on beauty patients

Science & Technology: 20 Jun 12
The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare is proposing a special medical licence for practitioners wanting to carry out cosmetic surgery and an age limit of 18 for patients. READ »

'Full-time for all public staff': Social Democrats

Politics: 16 Jun 12
By the end of 2013, all publicly employed staff in Social Democrat governed municipalities will be offered full time work, and every new contract will be full time, the party promised on Saturday. READ »

Surgeon removes woman's hip 'by mistake'

Science & Technology: 15 Jun 12
An experienced surgeon in eastern Sweden mistakenly removed the entire hip joint of a healthy 30-year-old woman and left it on the operating table during what was supposed to be a minor procedure to remove a small growth. READ »

Swedish gyno convicted for sex 'climax' demo

Society: 12 Jun 12
A gynaecologist in Gothenburg has been convicted for sexually molesting two patients, one of whom was given a hands-on demonstration of techniques to help other women reach sexual climax. READ »

'Link learning Swedish to citizenship': Liberals

Politics: 12 Jun 12
Immigrants should be required to learn Swedish before being granted citizenship and do more before receiving certain types of benefits, the Liberal Party has argued in a new integration policy programme unveiled on Tuesday. READ »

'Every global citizen should work in Sweden'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Jun 12
Sweden's efforts to liberalize rules governing labour migration are meant to ensure that working in Sweden becomes an obvious choice for every global citizen, argues migration minister Tobias Billström. READ »

Mum reports midwife for computer work mid-birth

National: 5 Jun 12
A woman has reported a midwife to the National Board of Health and Welfare after she was forced to go into childbirth on her feet while the nurse sat at a nearby table on the computer. READ »

Let convicted HIV doc keep working: hospital

Science & Technology: 30 May 12
A Swedish doctor with HIV who was convicted for having unprotected sex should be allowed to keep practicing, hospital management has argued, prompting a group of employees to slam the move as "unethical". READ »

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