Sweden: Crisis support for staff in health and elderly care who worked with COVID-19 patients

Submitted by mmarquez on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 12:09
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The COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of pressure on health care services and elderly care. Staff have had an extremely heavy and often stressful workload and have worked very hard. The risk of mental ill health may have increased. This is why the Government proposes funds to support staff in regional and municipal health care and elderly care in its autumn amending budget for 2020. This will make money available for crisis support, counselling and trauma support. The proposal is based on an agreement between the government parties, the Centre Party and the Liberal Party.

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A fund at the regional and municipal levels is aimed at providing crisis support for staff in health and elderly care who worked with COVID-19 patients. This entails mental health services, such as crisis support, counselling and trauma support.

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