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Elderly care was not equipped to handle the pandemic, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven says at a press conference.
– To find out exactly what happened, the government appointed the crown commission, which found that care for the elderly was insufficiently funded.
Therefore, the Government will entrust the general director of the National Board of Health and Welfare, Olivia Wigzell, with the task of drawing up a special law on care for the elderly. In addition to reviewing how medical competence can be strengthened and how nurses and doctors can be available 24 hours in the care of the elderly.
– It is a rule rather than an exception that people in the care of the elderly are in great need of care, said Minister of Social Affairs Lena Hallengren at the press conference.
A new crisis committee is appointed
In addition, the government will appoint a special crisis committee to produce a basis on what the crisis management legislation will look like in the future.
The legal tools in the constitution as it stands today give the government the opportunity to adopt legislative and decision-making measures without voting in the Riksdag only in a situation of war.
“Today, the form of government contains rules for war and the danger of war, but it lacks space for the government to act on crisis in peacetime,” Interior Minister Mikael Damberg said, continuing:
– As we handle the pandemic, we must review what legislative work should be like in exceptional situations in peacetime.
Therefore, the government is now appointing a committee that will review how and if a government should be able to temporarily legislate in the Riksdag area. All parliamentary parties will be represented on the commission. The legislation could be used in the event of natural disasters or terrorist attacks.
