More than 600 doctors at Sahlgrenska Hospital in Gothenburg have signed a petition demanding improved working conditions. The demands are as follows:
- Stop assuring that patient safety is not at risk.
- Present effective solutions to increase staffing.
- Maintain competence through re-recruitment of key personnel.
- Show a timetable for when all clinics must have 85 percent average occupancy and relocation of patients is prohibited.
Completely reasonable demands . It is time to increase staffing in emergency care and healthcare in general. Reorganization only works to a certain extent. After that, increased resources are required. One way to get increased resources is to not burn out people in working life. Mental ill health decreases and tax revenues increase. Another way is tax increases. Or earmarked investments.
Would you like to do something for healthcare workers? Feel free to get involved in one of our red-green parties. Or maybe you could start a support group on Facebook and help organize a demonstration in support of healthcare workers?