– I am very concerned about the development we have now seen over time where key personnel in the health service are being lost to private actors, says parliamentary representative Cecilie Myrseth (Ap). Now she is proposing to introduce laws that limit the creation of private health services. – The Storting can consider regulation via law, we have to get figures and statistics on what happens in the private hospitals. We must put in place measures that enable the necessary priorities to be made in the health service. It is crucial to ensure good health care in our country. In January, Helse Nord had 1,200 unfilled positions. According to NAV’s business survey for 2022, there was a shortage of approximately 6,000 nurses in the country last year. AP’s health policy spokesperson says the fight for labor is the biggest challenge. – Then we have to take care of the professionals we have, so that the patients receive good treatment. Therefore, we must put in place important measures to ensure that. Cecilie Myrseth, parliamentary representative (Ap), proposes to introduce laws that limit the establishment of private health services. Photo: Pål Hansen / news Høyre disagrees Storting representative Erlend Svardal Bøe (H) rejects laws that limit the creation of private health services. – We think it is naive to think that you will get more available nurses and doctors in the public sector by limiting private and non-profit actors in the health and care service. Storting representative Erlend Svardal Bøe (H) believes that patients are more concerned with receiving fast and good treatment. Photo: Stortinget / Stortinget He believes that patients in Norway are more concerned that they receive fast and good patient treatment, than whether they are treated by public, private or non-profit healthcare organisations. For the labor market, the right-wing politician also believes that it is healthy to have a certain amount of competition for healthcare personnel. – People must be allowed to decide where they want to work. – Skivebom Aleris is the country’s largest private healthcare company and opened a new private hospital in Bodø in March. Next year, it will also open one in Tromsø. Anita Tunold is managing director at Aleris. She believes that it might be a good idea to have an arrangement that ensures that the health service is of good enough quality. – But if the aim is to ensure increased recruitment and staffing for the health service, then I think it is a no-brainer. Because healthcare professionals are like most people, they will experience coercion as something very negative. The managing director of Aleris, Anita Tunold, believes that an approval scheme can be a good idea. Photo: Thomas Ystrøm / news She believes it is important to put things in perspective. Tunold points out that Aleris has employed a total of just under 300 doctors, i.e. less than one per cent of the doctors in Norway. – It cannot possibly be seen as a massive flight of expertise and a major threat. Tunold believes that it is the wrong focus, at a time when there are record long waiting times. She believes that one should rather focus on helping the patients and giving them the treatment they need.
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The Labor Party announces legislative proposals to limit new private health services – news Troms and Finnmark
