Something has happened in healthcare.
People who are passionate about their jobs can't or don't want to anymore.
And those who remain must take on an even heavier responsibility.
The lack of nurses is a global problem, and Sweden is no exception.
Increased workload, difficulty in combining work and leisure time and insufficient introduction to new workplaces are pointed out as some of the problems, both by those who work on the floor and in a study by researchers at Lund and Malmö universities.
"The quality of care is getting worse"
Åsa Östberg is a specialist nurse at Karolinska University Hospital's neonatal unit in Solna, and part of the transport team that collects sick and premature babies from hospitals throughout the country.
- As there is a shortage of nurses, I actually don't know if in the long run I will be able to put up with the quality of care getting worse, she says.
Because even the care of society's smallest is characterized today by the strained situation.
On Wednesday, SVT was able to tell that hundreds of children were transported between hospitals last year, solely due to a lack of care places.
A shortcoming that is fundamentally about a lack of staff.
Transports have also increased in recent years.
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Lars Navér shows off four intensive care beds at Karolinska University Hospital in Solna.
Places that could have been used to care for small, newborn patients – if only there had been enough staff.
Photo: Per Leandersson/SVT
SVT has sent out a survey and requested deviation reports written by staff in the neonatal wards at the country's eight university hospitals, where the most advanced care of prematurely born and sick children is carried out.
The testimonies strengthen the picture of a tangible stress and lack of resources.
It is most obvious in the big cities, which also move the most babies due to lack of space.
Excerpts from two deviation reports written during the summer by personnel in neonatal care, at Karolinska University Hospital in Danderyd and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, respectively.
Read more alarms about risks and high workload in the fact box.
Photo: Screenshots deviation reports
There is currently a shortage of specialist nurses throughout the country.
The majority of the 21 regions also state that they have too few nurses.
Åsa Östberg believes that an important part in reversing the negative development is to attract back experienced nurses who have left care.
She believes that high pay, greater flexibility with working hours and shorter working hours with a maintained salary can be some ways.
Hear Åsa Östberg tell more about her work and what it means, in the video above.
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