Sörmland is among the regions in the country that increased their costs for rental staff the most during the first half of last year, compared to the same period the year before.
Every week, the region hires between 80 and 100 general nurses to handle the care.
As of February 1, the number will be reduced to approximately 30 rental nurses.
In order for this not to affect care, the region is now recruiting its own nurses, but has not reached all the way.
- If you add up the ones we hired, which is 20 nurses, plus the 11 who come with a nursing degree from school, we have reached about a third of what we usually hire per week.
So we have a bit to go, but continued recruitment efforts are underway and I think more will be hired in the next few weeks, says Magnus Johansson, director of health and medical care at Region Sörmland.
Can merge departments
While that equation does not yet add up, Region Sörmland is flagging for changes for the healthcare staff.
- There will be a certain reduction in operations and care places as a result of the rent freeze that we are introducing.
There we look at solutions for how we can collaborate between and within clinics to ensure that we can still provide the care that is needed.
If, for example, there are two care departments that cannot have all their places open, the two departments can be moved together for a period, says Magnus Johansson.
Before exceptions
The region also introduces an exception and allows registered nurses in one clinic at each hospital in the county.
This is to be able to carry out the planned operations.
The stop applies to general nurses, but specialist nurses are also affected, apart from those who work in surgery, anaesthesia, intensive care and children.
Next week, Region Sörmland will present the number of nurses who are disappearing from each clinic and the number of reduced care places.