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It is time for the Patient Rights Act to be put in front of public procurement laws in health policy.
On Tuesday I visited the Emergency Medical Clinic at the University Hospital of Northern Norway. The message from here was clear: Crisis is not over. Its luck that no life has been lost - so far.
The population is now tender-proof, but unlike when a volcanic eruption put a large part of aviation ash and out of play in 2010, todays crisis in the air ammunition is not due to volcanic eruptions or other natural forces. The problem is politically created by the tender system and could have been avoided.
Two and a half years ago, the government-elected Emergency Committee suggested that "public operation of the airborne aerodrome service should be investigated." Your recommendation was to ensure that the planning and development of air-ambulance services is included as an integral part of the healthcare agencies other ambulance service and emergency medical preparedness. »
These councils were then placed in a drawer in the health and care ministry of Bent Høie. The tender process in air ambulance services continued as planned. It was business as usual.
The committee warned that "operator exchange on entering into new contracts violates a good interaction that has been established between operator and health company for several years." In recent weeks, this is exactly what we have seen. The problems in air ambulance services are a reported crisis. A questionable tender process is required.
After the same supplier has been in charge of the ambulance service in Norway for the last 25 years, this time, a bid from British Babcock won, with fewer pilots on the tour, fewer reserve flights and without the pilots currently in service to retain their current jobs through a so-called business transfer.
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