Healthcare within elderly care

The plan demands more resources for elderly care, that the staffing shortage be addressed and that care be provided based on need regardless of housing arrangement, which directly supports the demand for permanent nursing staff around the clock and physician access in special housing. Giving nurses and nursing assistants greater responsibility responds to the plan's demand for greatly expanded influence for employees in welfare. The plan does not specifically mention cooperation agreements, so the conclusion is derived.

• more resources and staffdecisive»Därför vill Vänsterpartiet satsa mer resurser på hälso- och sjukvården och äldreomsorgen, samt satsa på personalen så att vi samtidigt får bort personalbristen och stärker personalens villkor och arbetsmiljö.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore, the Left Party wants to invest more resources in health and medical care and elderly care, and invest in staff so that we simultaneously eliminate the staff shortage and strengthen staff conditions and working environment.”
• care based on need»Vård och omsorg måste ges efter behov oavsett om du bor på ett särskilt boende eller har insatser av hemtjänsten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Care and services must be provided based on people's needs regardless of whether you live in special housing or have services from home care.”
• employees' influence»De anställda i välfärden bör också få ett kraftigt utökat inflytande över verksamheterna de arbetar i.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Employees in welfare should also get greatly expanded influence over the activities they work in.”
• upgraded care sector»Sverige behöver rusta upp hela vårdsektorn för att kunna klara de mer normala skiftningarna i vårdbehov men också för att kunna växla upp kapaciteten i kristider.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden needs to upgrade the entire care sector to be able to handle more normal shifts in care needs but also to be able to scale up capacity in times of crisis.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto explicitly requires a new elderly care act that ensures equally good care throughout the country and access to nurses around the clock, which is precisely what the counter-proposal asks for. The plan also wants more to be trained and employed in elderly care and specialist training for nurses and nursing assistants to be supported, which supports the requirements for expanded medical responsibility and delegation. The programme's requirement for equal access to care throughout the country supports the requirement for doctor cooperation in all municipalities.

• sjuksköterskor dygnet runtdecisive»Vi vill ha en ny äldreomsorgslag som säkerställer att alla får en lika bra omsorg i hela landet och tillgång till sjuksköterskor dygnet runt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want a new elderly care act that ensures everyone receives equally good care throughout the country and access to nurses around the clock.”
• stärkt medicinsk kompetens»Vi vill se ett språklyft för barnomsorgen och mer stöd till specialistutbildningar i vården, exempelvis för sjuksköterskor och undersköterskor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see a language boost for childcare and more support for specialist training in healthcare, for example for nurses and nursing assistants.”
• fler anställda i äldreomsorgen»Fler ska utbildas och anställas inom äldreomsorgen och tillsynen av personalens arbetsmiljö ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More shall be trained and employed within elderly care and supervision of staff working conditions shall be improved.”
• likvärdig vård i hela landet»Alla invånare i hela landet ska ha likvärdig tillgång till skola, vård och omsorg.« (party programme ↗)“All residents throughout the country shall have equal access to school, healthcare and care.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The party programme wants nurses and other licensed professional categories to take increased responsibility for their patients and that care has sufficient and trained personnel, and foresees increased coordination between primary care and elderly care. The election manifesto wants to strengthen care and services for the elderly and resources for home healthcare. The counter-proposal's requirement for delegation, permanent nursing and physician cooperation for particularly care housing is therefore in line with the plan.

• increased responsibility for licensed staffdecisive»sjukgymnaster och andra legitimerade yrkeskategorier får möjlighet att ta ökat ansvar för sina« (party programme ↗)“physiotherapists and other licensed professional categories get the opportunity to take increased responsibility for their”
• strengthened elderly care and home healthcare»förbättra vård och omsorg för äldre och stärka resurserna till hemsjukvården.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“improve care and services for the elderly and strengthen resources for home healthcare.”
• sufficient and trained personnel»tillräcklig och utbildad personal. De anhöriga ska« (party programme ↗)“sufficient and trained personnel. Relatives shall”
• coordination between care forms»och kommer att tvinga fram en ökad samordning« (party programme ↗)“and will be forced to drive increased coordination”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto wants to give everyone the right to a fixed doctor contact and explicitly highlights increased cooperation between municipal and regional healthcare, which is the core of the counter-proposal's requirement for fixed doctors and cooperation agreements for residents in special housing. The plan also wants to strengthen nursing assistants' and nurses' professional roles through right to skills development and recruit more nurses. The requirement's detailed design is lacking in the plan, but the direction is the same.

• right to fixed doctor contactdecisive»Vi vill ge alla rätt till en fast läkarkontakt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to give everyone the right to a fixed doctor contact.”
• cooperation municipality and region»Genom en platsmiljard och ökat samarbete mellan kommunal och regional hälso- och sjukvård ökar vi möjligheterna att nå målet om en beläggningsgrad på 90% på våra sjukhus.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Through a space billion and increased cooperation between municipal and regional healthcare we increase the opportunities to reach the goal of 90% occupancy at our hospitals.”
• strengthened professional role in care»Vi vill ge alla undersköterskor och sjuksköterskor rätt till kompetensutveckling.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to give all nursing assistants and nurses the right to skills development.”
• more nurses»Vi vill rekrytera fler sjuksköterskor genom att införa en examenspremie och ge lön under specialiststudietiden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to recruit more nurses by introducing an exam bonus and providing wages during specialist studies.”

The election manifesto explicitly wants to remove the ban on municipalities employing doctors in elder care and give those with home care their own team of care personnel, and the party programme wants to strengthen primary healthcare's role. The counter-proposal's requirement for a permanent nurse and permanent doctors in special housing as well as cooperation with the region on medical care is the same thing in substance: secured medical expertise around the elderly. The plan therefore supports the requirement.

• doctors in elder caredecisive»För att öka tryggheten vill vi ta bort förbudet för kommuner att anställa läkare i äldreomsorgen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To increase safety, we want to remove the ban on municipalities employing doctors in elder care.”
• permanent staff around the elderly»Vi vill att du som har hemtjänst ska ha ett eget team av omvårdnadspersonal så att du slipper möta nya ansikten varje dag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want those who have home care to have their own team of care personnel so that you avoid meeting new faces every day.”
• strengthened primary healthcare for the elderly»Primärvårdens roll i sjukvårdssystemet ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Primary healthcare's role in the healthcare system shall be strengthened.”
• state responsibility for competence provision»Staten ska ta ett större ansvar för sjukvårdens strategiska planering, placering av högspecialiserad vård, beredskap och långsiktig kompetensförsörjning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The state shall take greater responsibility for healthcare's strategic planning, placement of highly specialized care, readiness and long-term competence provision.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The election manifesto promises increased medical competence within elder care, regular medical contact with a named doctor and continuous skills development for staff in elderly care and home help. The party programme demands that care and support are accessible and based on a holistic view of the individual. The counter-proposal's demands for permanent nurses and doctors, cooperation agreements and a medical responsible doctor directly respond to this.

• medical competence in elder caredecisive»Ökad medicinsk kompetens inom äldreomsorgen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increased medical competence within elder care.”
• permanent medical contact»Inför fast läkarkontakt med en namngiven läkare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce permanent medical contact with a named doctor”
• skills development for staff»Säkerställ att personal inom hemtjänst och äldreboenden har möjlighet till kontinuerlig kompetensutveckling.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that staff in home care and elderly care have access to continuous skills development.”
• accessible care and support»service, vård och omsorg ska vara tillgänglig« (party programme ↗)“service, care and support shall be accessible”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The election manifesto states that medical expertise and continuity must be strengthened within elderly care and that the patient-responsible doctor contact shall be the hub of elderly care. The counter-proposal's demand for a permanent nurse 24 hours a day, permanent doctors and cooperation over doctor care is precisely this in practical form. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• strengthened medical expertisedecisive»Den medicinska kompetensen och kontinuiteten måste stärkas inom äldreomsorgen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Medical expertise and continuity must be strengthened within elderly care.”
• fixed doctor contact for elderly»Se till att den patientansvariga läkarkontakten ska utgöra navet i äldres sjukvård« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that the patient-responsible doctor contact shall be the hub of elderly care”
• staff continuity»får regelbunden vård och omsorg av personal de känner igen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“receive regular care and support from staff they recognize”
• lessons from the pandemic»Coronakommissionens slutsatser om att äldreomsorgen inte stod förberedd och rustad att möta samhällsspridningen i pandemin måste leda till förändring.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Corona Commission's conclusions that elderly care was not prepared and equipped to meet community spread in the pandemic must lead to change.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan requires a new elderly care act that strengthens the legal basis for good living conditions and establishes that national quality requirements in healthcare and care shall not be undermined. The counter-proposal's requirement for dedicated nurses around the clock, dedicated doctors, medically responsible doctor and cooperation agreements are precisely such quality requirements. The plan's investment in primary care with patient-responsible doctor and fast track for elderly points in the same direction.

• stronger elderly care actdecisive»En ny äldreomsorgslag måste stärka lagstödet för goda levnadsvillkor då den nuvarande benämningen med skäliga levnadsvillkor inte duger.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A new elderly care act must strengthen the legal basis for good living conditions as the current designation with reasonable living conditions is not sufficient.”
• national quality requirements»Nationella kvalitetskrav inom vård och omsorg måste finnas och får inte underskridas.« (party programme ↗)“National quality requirements within healthcare and care must exist and may not be undermined.”
• patient-responsible doctor»Satsningar på primärvården med större patientkontakt och samordning av en patientansvarig läkare kan avlasta akut- och specialistvården genom snabbare vård.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Initiatives in primary care with greater patient contact and coordination by a patient-responsible doctor can relieve acute and specialist care through faster care.”
• better care for elderly»Inrätta snabbspår för äldre patienter för att minska belastningen på akuten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish fast tracks for elderly patients to reduce the burden on emergency care.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.