Due to the big warning at Karolinska Hospital, the Social Democrats now want to invest half a billion extra on healthcare in 2020.

At the regional council meetings this week, the Social Democrats are expected to present the proposal. The goal is to stop more layoffs by doctors and other healthcare professionals.

Control costs

The Social Democrats want to give emergency hospitals rent reductions equivalent to SEK 200 million. The investment will be financed by the region making lower profits.

SEK 200 million of this you finance by letting the region go back?

- We have a good result in our budget proposal. We are on the plus. We choose to move resources from privatization systems to hospitals and staff, says opposition regional council Aida Hadzialic (S).

Among other things, the party wants to direct about SEK 50 million from the healthcare elections to the hospitals next year.