Student health

The election manifesto states that mental ill-health is increasing particularly among young people without leading to expanded healthcare, and requires that people get help quickly also in cases of burnout. The counter-proposal's demands for a national survey and a broader mandate for student health with the right to refer respond to the plan's criticism that people are passed around between levels of care and actors. Healthcare should according to the plan be comprehensive.

• expanded healthcare for mental ill-healthdecisive»Stressrelaterade sjukdomar blir allt vanligare och psykisk ohälsa ökar särskilt bland kvinnor och hos unga utan att det leder till utbyggd vård eller förändrad arbetsmiljö.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stress-related illnesses become increasingly common and mental ill-health increases particularly among women and among young people without leading to expanded healthcare or changed working conditions.”
• against fragmented care»Vården och omsorgen har styckats upp, mellan nivåer och aktörer, människor bollas runt i en stor administrativ apparat och det är ofta en kamp för den enskilde och dess anhöriga att få rätt tillgång till vård.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Care and welfare have been fragmented, between levels and actors, people are passed around in a large administrative apparatus and it is often a struggle for the individual and their relatives to get proper access to care.”
• quick help for mental ill-health»Du ska ha rätt till hjälp snabbt oavsett om du har brutit benet eller blivit utbränd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“You have the right to help quickly whether you have broken a bone or been burnt out.”
• comprehensive healthcare»Sjukvården ska vara heltäckande, bygga på« (party programme ↗)“Healthcare should be comprehensive, build on”

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 party programme requires ambitious initiatives against mental ill-health and good accessibility in healthcare, and equal right for all to good health and medical care through public provision. A national mapping of students' mental health and a broader mandate for student health services, including the right to make referrals, is an application of these commitments to a group that today falls between authorities. Student health services are not mentioned in the plan.

• initiatives against mental ill-healthdecisive»Ambitiösa insatser mot psykisk ohälsa, särskilt bland barn och unga.« (party programme ↗)“Ambitious initiatives against mental ill-health, particularly among children and young people.”
• accessible healthcare»God tillgänglighet i vården.« (party programme ↗)“Good accessibility in healthcare.”
• equal right to good care»Lika rätt för alla till god hälso- och sjukvård genom samhällets försorg.« (party programme ↗)“Equal right for all to good health and medical care through public provision.”
• fair public health»Jämlik och jämställd folkhälsa.« (party programme ↗)“Fair and gender-equal public health.”

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 plan wants to increase access to care for mental illness and notes that mental illness is growing and causes great suffering, with treatment of good quality at an early stage. It also requires that security systems work for students who become ill. A survey and a broader mandate for student health, so that students are not passed around, follows from these commitments.

• increased access for mental illnessdecisive»satsa på primärvården och öka tillgången till vård för psykisk ohälsa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest in primary care and increase access to care for mental illness.”
• growing mental illness»Den psykiska ohälsan växer, och leder till stort lidande.« (party programme ↗)“Mental illness is growing, and causes great suffering.”
• functioning support for students»De sociala trygghetssystemen måste fungera också för studenter som blir sjuka eller får barn.« (party programme ↗)“Social security systems must work for students who become ill or have children.”
• improved student conditions»höja studiestödet och förbättra studenters a-kassa och sjukförsäkring.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise study grants and improve students' unemployment insurance and sick insurance.”

The election manifesto requires that support for mental illness be improved, not least for young people, and that those seeking help shall have a simple and unified path into care. The counter-proposal's requirement for broader student health services with the right to refer, so that students avoid being shuttled between student health and primary care, is precisely that commitment. The plan also promises more preventive work against stress-related mental illness.

• a unified path in for young peopledecisive»Stödet för personer med psykisk ohälsa måste förbättras, inte minst för unga. Den som söker hjälp ska ha en enkel och samlad väg in till vården.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Support for people with mental illness must be improved, not least for young people. Those seeking help shall have a simple and unified path into care.”
• prevent stress-related illness»Gör mer för att förebygga, motverka och rehabilitera stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Do more to prevent, counter and rehabilitate stress-related mental illness.”
• preventive welfare»En förutsättning för en hållbar välfärd är ett förebyggande förhållningssätt.« (party programme ↗)“A prerequisite for sustainable welfare is a preventive approach.”
• health support in education»Elevhälsan är viktig för barn och ungas fysiska och psykiska välbefinnande.« (party programme ↗)“Student health is important for children and young people's physical and mental well-being.”

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 plan states that the right to care and treatment is equally obvious for mental as for physical illnesses and that students' security during illness must be strengthened. It also demands that the care guarantee covers the entire care chain, which speaks against students being passed between student health and primary care. The plan places however milder mental illness in primary care, why support applies to the direction rather than every detail of the assignment.

• mental care equal to physicaldecisive»Rätten till vård och behandling är lika självklar för både fysiska och psykiska sjukdomar.« (party programme ↗)“The right to care and treatment is equally obvious for both physical and mental illness.”
• strengthened security for students»forskares och företagares trygghet vid sjukdom och föräldraskap måste förstärkas« (party programme ↗)“researchers' and entrepreneurs' security during illness and parenthood must be strengthened”
• coherent care chain»Vårdgarantin ska omfatta hela vårdkedjan, från diagnostik och undersökningar till återbesök och« (party programme ↗)“The care guarantee shall cover the entire care chain, from diagnosis and examinations to follow-ups and”
• primary care's responsibility»Primärvården bör ansvara för patienter med mildare psykisk ohälsa.« (party programme ↗)“Primary care should be responsible for patients with mild mental illness.”

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 plan places special emphasis on swift and accessible expertise for young people with mental ill-health and requires that psychiatric care be characterized by accessibility and flexibility based on the patient's needs. A broader mandate for student health services with referral rights and suicide prevention is a means to ensure that students are not shuttled between institutions, and a national mapping responds to the plan's requirement for follow-up. The election manifesto's promise of greatly strengthened school health points in the same direction.

• swift help for mental ill-healthdecisive»Särskild vikt ska läggas vid snabb och tillgänglig kompetens för barn och ungdom med psykisk ohälsa.« (party programme ↗)“Special emphasis shall be placed on swift and accessible expertise for children and young people with mental ill-health.”
• accessible psychiatric care»Psykiatrisk vård och omsorg ska präglas av tillgänglighet och flexibilitet utifrån patientens behov.« (party programme ↗)“Psychiatric care and services shall be characterized by accessibility and flexibility based on the patient's needs.”
• cohesive health services for young people»Kraftigt stärkt elevhälsa med en sammanhållen barn- och ungdomshälsovård och föräldrastödsprogram som erbjuds alla föräldrar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Greatly strengthened school health services with a cohesive child and youth health service and parental support programmes offered to all parents.”
• follow-up as political task»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political”

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 counter-proposal wants to survey students' mental health and give student health services a broader mandate with suicide prevention and referral authority, so students are not passed around. The plan prioritizes mental illness highly, wants to develop a national strategy against suicide and strengthen support lines, and wants to reduce waiting times in psychiatry with targeted resources. The plan speaks of children and young people rather than student health services specifically.

• national suicide preventiondecisive»Ta fram en nationell strategi mot självmord, med särskilt fokus på barn och unga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Develop a national strategy against suicide, with special focus on children and young people”
• strengthened support lines»Stärka Bris nationella stödlinje och andra stödlinjer så att de kan hålla öppet dygnet runt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen Bris national support line and other support lines so they can be open around the clock”
• targeted resources against queues»Utöka kömiljarden genom att rikta särskilda prestationsbaserade resurser till köerna inom cancervården respektive barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin (BUP)« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expand the queue million by directing special performance-based resources to queues within cancer care respectively child and youth psychiatry (BUP)”
• mental health prioritized»Få saker är viktigare att prioritera än barns psykiska mående.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Few things are more important to prioritize than children's mental wellbeing.”

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 plan establishes that mental illness is the most important health issue for young people and that it requires a broad action programme, a national strategy and a national coordinator for suicide prevention. A mapping of students' mental health and an expanded mandate for student health with suicide prevention and referral rights are measures of precisely that kind. The plan also wants to ensure that people do not get caught between different care providers.

• broad programme for young people's healthdecisive»Psykisk ohälsa utgör den viktigaste hälsofrågan för unga och här krävs ett brett handlingsprogram.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Mental illness is the most important health issue for young people and here a broad action programme is required.”
• national suicide prevention»Tillsätta en nationell samordnare med ansvar för suicidprevention« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Appoint a national coordinator responsible for suicide prevention”
• national strategy for mental health»Ta fram en nationell strategi för det fortsatta arbetet med psykisk hälsa« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Develop a national strategy for continued work on mental health”
• strengthened measures for young people»Stärka insatserna för att förbättra ungas psykiska hälsa« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen measures to improve young people's mental health”

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.