– We are sitting with a hard-earned experience after 22 July. Then there was a lot that failed, especially the follow-up of those affected, both in the short and long term. This is what leader Lisbeth Røyneland of the Support Group says after 22 July to news. On Saturday they sounded the alarm that what happened after 22 July is about to happen again. They believe that the follow-up of those affected at the time was too poor. And little has changed with the attack in Oslo this summer, they believe. Miriam Einangshaug and Lisbeth Røyneland in the Support Group after 22 July are among those calling for a disaster register to be used when following up those affected after serious incidents. Photo: Daphne Steketee / news Several survivors of the Oslo shooting say they have not been contacted by anyone, according to the Support Group. – The problem is that we don’t know who was in the area. Then we don’t get to ask them if there is something they need, says psychologist Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland. She is referring to those affected after the shooting in Rosenkrantz’ gate in Oslo on the night of Saturday 25 June this year. Birkeland is a trauma researcher at the National Knowledge Center on Violence and Traumatic Stress (NKVTS). They believe it is crucial that all those affected are offered follow-up. In its report on the follow-up of survivors after the Utøya attack, NKVTS writes that one in five needed more help than they received. There has previously been a demand for a disaster register, an overview of everyone who has been affected by serious incidents such as terrorism and natural disasters. Will base on mobile data NKVTS proposes to use location-based technology to send out information to all those affected in Oslo that night. – We could use mobile data to identify who was nearby and send SMS to everyone who was there with offers and important information, she says. – Many first experience that they need follow-up as everyday life takes place a while later, says psychologist at NKVTS, Marianne Birkeland. Photo: National Knowledge Center on Violence and Traumatic Stress Were you present during the shooting incident in Oslo and need someone to talk to? Then you can contact the social and ambulatory emergency service (SAA) on 23 48 70 90 the local crisis team in your district your own GP Birkeland says it is important that people affected by disasters do not have to seek help themselves, but that they are contacted. – It does not work to leave the entire responsibility for taking care of oneself or seeking help after such incidents to only the individual and their family. Unfortunately, we see that there are many people who do not seek help, even though they could have needed it, says Birkeland. Norwegian Data Protection Authority: – Difficult to imagine During the corona pandemic, several municipalities used so-called location-based notification. All mobile phones within an area were sent information about the infection situation. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority received several complaints about the practice. They themselves believed that there was no clear set of regulations for the situations in which it was possible to use such notification. The telecom operators have a duty of confidentiality. Unless requirements for anonymisation or consent are maintained, there must be a law that expressly states that data can be disclosed for reasons of national security. Anders Ballangrud in the Norwegian Data Protection Authority says it is difficult to imagine a disaster register based on mobile data. Photo: Ilja C. Hendel / Ilja C. Hendel – If the business can demonstrate legal authority in one of the exceptions, the duty of confidentiality is waived, says senior adviser at the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, Anders Ballangrud. The Danish Data Protection Authority has difficulty envisioning how a disaster register could function. Even if messages were only to be sent out within a certain area where other personal data is not logged. – In order to process personal data, in this case a telephone number, you need a legal basis. It is difficult to imagine that personal data can be anonymised in such a case, says Ballangrud. The government will consider a disaster register But Åsmund Aukrust from the Labor Party says nevertheless that the government will consider creating such a disaster register. He also sits as deputy chairman of the Storting’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. – I think what the Support Group brings up is a very good and important input. Then there are some questions related to, among other things, privacy, but I know that the government will consider this. – The proposal for a disaster register has been aired repeatedly. Why isn’t it in place yet? Labor Party politician Åsmund Aukrust says the government will consider how to create a disaster register, so that it is easier to ensure long-term follow-up of those affected by the crisis. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen – I think it’s a good question. Others must answer why it has not been created earlier. This government has been in office for just over half a year, but this is something we will definitely continue to work on. The Labor Party politician was on Utøya himself on 22 July and knows how important it is with proper and long-term follow-up. – 11 years can be very short if you have experienced something as terrible as we did that day. What we have learned is that it is very important to work long-term and that improvement can take a very long time, he says. Funds not allocated news has previously reported that no additional funds are allocated for the follow-up of the around 200 affected after the Oslo shooting. The Ministry of Health confirms this to news. Oslo municipality says that they have the capacity and competence to follow up without additional funds. The Ministry of Health believes that local and regional follow-up is the best. – The government is impressed by the work, for example, Oslo municipality has done in this matter, says State Secretary Ole Henrik Krat Bjørkholt to news.
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