- The concept of referral can lead the thinking wrongly, so that residents believe that there is a requirement for examination with other health care providers that applies. But in that case, the referral should be made through telephone calls, chats, Skype calls or any other possible form of assessment, says Björn Eriksson, Health Director at Region Stockholm.
How the assessment of referrals to the emergency hospitals should be made will now be investigated and then a proposal will be submitted.
- When there is a danger to life and health, you should call 112 to SOS Alarm just as usual and their and the ambulance staff's assessment is already a kind of referral today where they assess where the patient is going to receive the right care, he says.