Last week, a new proposal was submitted for a solution to the conflicts at the thorax clinic in Ullevål. The proposal came from section managers at the hospital. Today, the clinic management rejected the proposal. The proposal was put forward after 14 out of 24 nurses quit their jobs in protest against the hospital management nearly two weeks ago. 16 out of 24 nurses have resigned – Management had the opportunity to turn this around, but they chose not to take it. They knew they were going to lose around 20 intensive care nurses because of the decision they made, says Stine Molvær Nesseth, intensive care nurse and union representative at OUS. She says that the reason was that they had not had time to do a risk assessment, and that they do not want to solve the challenges at the clinic today. Nesseth said that the nurses felt that the proposal had been rejected without them having a dialogue in advance. – I know that I will lose quite a few good colleagues, she says. Trustee Stine Molvær Nesseth believes that it is the patients who will suffer the consequences of the proposal being rejected. Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / NRKTillitsvald Stine Molvær Nesseth believes that it is the patients who will suffer the consequences of the proposal being rejected. Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news So far there have been a total of 16 dismissals. Of the eight who remain, two are soon to retire. Three are newly qualified intensive care nurses, and one of them will go on leave in the summer. – The resignations that have come will not be withdrawn. Those who have been waiting for the deadline of 1 March to sign contracts for new jobs will do so. There aren’t many of us left. – Is there any way back? – No, not when they are not willing to have a dialogue, and the only thing they can offer is a substitute supplement if we have to be in several places. None of us really care about the money in this, says Nesseth and adds: – It’s very sad. It’s completely hopeless, actually. Nesseth believes the decision will affect patient safety. – We have extremely little trust in our management, and I think that the patients have extremely little trust in the services they will receive. – The waiting lists are going to get longer, and we have to be prepared for the health offer to get worse, she says. Skuffa Ole Magnus Hagen is section leader at the thoracic surgery department at Ullevål Hospital. It was he who sent the proposal for a solution last week on behalf of all the section managers at the hospital. – I am disappointed that the proposal has been rejected. I think it’s wrong. As section leader, he believes that he must adhere to what has been decided, but he fears the consequences. – I fear that there will be even more redundancies and that there will soon be nothing left of the thoracic surgery department at Ullevål, says Hagen to news. Continue the work of collecting everything at Rikshospitalet Leiinga has now finally decided that planned heart operations will be collected at Rikshospitalet during the summer holidays. Pulmonary surgery and emergency preparedness must be taken care of at Ullevål, writes the head of the Heart, Lung and Vascular Clinic at OUS, Bjørn Bendz, in an e-mail to news. Bjørn Bendz is head of the heart, lung and vascular clinic at OUS. Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB – Their proposal for a solution, which has been presented to us, however, did not take into account the need to gather professionals and expertise for performing heart and lung surgery in the summer of 2023. Oslo University Hospital is continuing the work to gather the heart surgeries at Rikshospitalet in 2025, as they have previously decided and communicated. – By having planned heart operations take place in one place during the summer holidays, we can bring together professionals and expertise that ensures good quality, sensible use of resources and increased predictability. He adds that the experience from the summer run-up last year showed that the workload was large at Rikshospitalet, and less at Ullevål. – Emergency preparedness at Ullevål, with surgeons present, is taken care of. The review of soundness is fully taken care of, says Bendz.
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OUS rejects the proposal that could prevent dismissals at the thoracic clinic – news Oslo and Viken – Local news, TV and radio
