How Immigrant Workers Are Keeping Norway's Health System Afloat
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How immigrant workers are keeping Norway's health system afloat
The healthcare sector in Norway is facing staffing shortages, with future forecasts looking even more worrying. New data now shows how important immigrant workers are for the system (despite strict authorisation requirements.)
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Frps' Kristian August Eilertsen believes that money that is "wasted" on immigration could have been spent on health and care instead. This makes Aps' Julia Eikeland see red.
The Health Personnel Commission warned in 2023 against making Norway dependent on health personnel from abroad. Now, recent Statistics Norway figures show that immigrants account for the entire growth among health professionals. At the same time, forecasts of a widespread staffing shortage assume that immigration will continue as before. Fears of weakened health preparedness – For preparedness reasons, Norway should not make itself dependent on …
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