The emergency hospitals are missing almost SEK 2.5 billion in total, and the forecast is that it will get tighter even though there has been an increase in the agreements by 4 percent, corresponding to SEK 600 million, writes Dagens nyheter.
According to the referral responses from the emergency hospitals, S, C and MP's budget does not mean any reinforcement of resources but a financial gap.
The Financial Regional Council says that she is conducting a dialogue with the emergency hospitals and that she is prepared to allocate even more resources to the hospitals based on the budget that has been set.
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What we need to do now is to take stock of how great the need is.
I want to make sure that the money is used correctly and goes to the healthcare staff and the care facilities, says financial regional councilor Aida Hadzialic (S)
Three emergency hospitals warn of staff reductions
The emergency hospitals that answered that they may need to reduce staff to get the budget together are: Danderyd Hospital, Södertälje Hospital and Södersjukhuset.