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These are the regulations of the National Board of Health and Welfare, that is, binding rules, which, among other things, require a nursing home to ensure that residents and visitors know the general advice of the Public Health Agency and have access alcohol. The rules are expected to go into effect when the national restraining order ends Thursday, and the National Board of Health and Welfare is expected to make a decision on Monday on whether they will apply.
But the proposals get review. Especially from the municipalities and regions of Sweden (SKR) who claim that the rules are not necessary.
– It will mainly be a repetition of things that already exist. We have doubts about that, says Greger Bengtsson, senior care coordinator at SKR.
– I think you can abstain from the regulations and instead put gunpowder on the concrete support material. For example, on where visits should take place and what should then be in the individual’s room rather than in common areas, continues.
Also the supervisory authority Ivo thinks that the proposed rules are already covered by other provisions and that the National Board of Health and Welfare should focus on non-binding recommendations.
– There is a risk of both rule fatigue and rule confusion, and rather we seek to simplify, says Linda Almqvist, Ivo’s General Counsel.
During the pandemic, the authority inspected all of Sweden’s nursing homes and found that new regulations had made practical work difficult.
– It’s one of all the things that comes up that you have a lot of different rules to relate to, and it can also be difficult to know if something should take precedence over another, says Almqvist.
Ivo has discovered Cases where residents have introduced their own coercive measures, without legal support. According to the authority, one of the reasons may be that you are so concerned that, for example, the rules of the Public Health Agency are being followed that you are prepared to break other rules.
– You have not been allowed to leave your room, your living room or ask for help to open a door or go out into the garden. These landslides can occur, says Linda Almqvist.
But the National Board of Health and Social Welfare does not see that risk. The authority will heed the criticisms, but Katrin Westlund, a legal expert with the National Board of Health and Welfare, does not believe the regulations already exist.
– Exactly these specific and detailed rules do not exist, however, there are rules in the area that regulate at a more comprehensive level, he says.
Katrin Westlund thinks on the contrary, more binding rules are needed.
– Compliance becomes more secure if it is a binding requirement. Recommendations can be chosen whether or not to comply. And in this area, there can be very serious consequences if the work is not handled properly, she says.
During the week, the National Board of Health and Welfare will also present support materials and checklists that you are voluntary to follow.
