It was after suspicions that staff within the care company Attendo had cheated with the registration of work, that information emerged that administrators at the municipality may also have been involved.

Attendo then pointed out that a few administrators were responsible for a large part of the development assistance decisions in the area where home care staff are suspected of having cheated.

SVT Nyheter has previously taken part in the approximately 50 development assistance decisions in the area, and can see from this that the same administrator has also made several of the largest decisions where people have been granted more than one hundred hours of home care a month.

Serious deficiencies

In the investigation that has now been completed, the external investigator states that it has not been possible to prove that a crime has been committed, based on the documentation that is available.

It has also not been possible to show that there have been frauds.

However, shortcomings are found in the handling, some of which are considered to be very serious.

Among other things, administrators in some cases have not had contact with users, but only with relatives.

In addition, the investigator notes that there is no routine for establishing the user's identity, and that relevant information is missing in the investigations.

The shortcomings enable fraud

The investigator further notes that the volumes for the reviewed development assistance decisions are very high in comparison with other municipalities and have been so for a long time.

"The described shortcomings in processing and documentation can potentially be used to enable fraud, which means that the exercise of authority is vulnerable

," the report states.

The municipality states that it will now take measures by reviewing working methods, methodological support and routines.

The measures must also include skills development and other support for the administrators.

SVT has sought the Elderly Committee's chair Eva Christiernin (S) for a comment.

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See the pictures where the care staff arrive and leave - within a few minutes Photo: Uppsala municipality