At BB in Lund, the staff is overloaded, which has led to sick leave and dismissals.
- You do your best for the patient and then you might go into the staff room and break down, says chief safety representative Michaela Norén to SVT Skåne.
In 19 out of 21 regions there is a shortage of midwives.
This applies to Uppsala, among other places, where the work environment has been strained for several years.
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Evelina Holtby and Åsa Edström say that many have already resigned, and are worried that the situation in Stockholm will spread to Uppsala.
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In Sundsvall, many midwives have already resigned - including the chairman of the midwives' association.
In Västmanland a high workload is described, in Örebro a pressured situation and in Östergötland there are alarms about an acute shortage of midwives.
"A clear deterioration"
Swedish maternity care generally has a high level of security, and serious errors are very rare.
But the supervisory authority Ivo has pointed out the workload as a risk factor in childbirth, and SVT has in a review found several examples where high workload is linked to both deaths and serious care injuries (see fact box).
Assistant nurse Sara Insajna works in the neonatal ward at Danderyd Hospital in Stockholm, where newborn children with extra care need come.
- I have seen a clear deterioration in how the children feel, how the mothers feel and how the experience is.
We do not have the opportunity, staff and competence to perform the care we want to perform.
Lars Navér is head of operations for the neonatal operations at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, which is responsible for neonatal care in Danderyd.
He says in a comment that they have "active patient safety work and an ongoing work" to strengthen the competence of the staff.
"My assessment is that neonatal care at Danderyd Hospital is conducted in an adequate and patient-safe manner."
From the maternity ward at Danderyd Hospital, operations manager Maria Persson states in a comment that after a serious incident last year, they have, among other things, expanded with an operating team on call, and "also continuously recruits staff to ensure good staffing."
SVT Nyheter recently reported that 40 midwives sat up from Danderyd's hospital.
The Stockholm Region has announced more money and appointed a special maternity coordinator to resolve the crisis.
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