Sörmland County Council

1. Sörmland County Council

3. Towns with hospitals

4. What is the County Council? Roles of the County Council • Health care provider …………………………………………………… The County Council is ruled by • Directly elected politicians

5. Municipalities in the County Council Population (2011-12-31) Eskilstuna 97 600 Strängnäs 32 700 Vingåker 8 800 Flen 16 100 Katrineholm 32 400 Oxelösund 11 200 Nyköping 51 900 Gnesta 10 300 Trosa 11 500 Total 272 500 Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB)

6. Municipalities in the County Council

7. Health Care in Sörmland • Mälarsjukhuset Hospital in Eskilstuna • Kullbergska Hospital in Katrineholm • Nyköping Hospital • Karsudden Regional Hospital • 17 local health care centres • Medical telephone help-line • 31 private GPs funded by the County Council (14 with care agreement) • Ambulance care • Agreement with Akademiska Hospital in Uppsala for highly specialised care • Care of the disabled and habilitation • Public dental care • Around 80 private dentists

8. Primary Health Care Primary health care consists of • 17 local health care centres • District nurse clinics • Home medical care • Private surgeries, with county council agreement Primary health care offers • District medical officer • District care • Rehabilitation • Preventative health care • Child health care • Maternity care

9. Joint Patient’s Committee A political committee with an office • Promotes contact between patients, relatives and nursing staff • Works to ensure that patients receive the information required to protect their interests • Appoints assistants for patients under the Act on Compulsory Institutional Psychiatric care and the Forensic Psychiatry Act

10. Freedom to Choose and Rights Office An office connected to the Joint Patient’s Committee • Provides information to patients about care options within and outside the county • Informs patients about waiting times to different clinics and treatments and routines for obtaining care outside the county • Helps create clear and uniform information to the public about waiting times and options • Supplements information from health centres and clinics about waiting times and choices

11. Staff The staff includes approx. • 1 922 nurses • 1 492 assistant nurses, nursing auxiliaries, etc. • 736 doctors • 605 administrators • 630 paramedics • 474 medical secretaries • 391 catering and transport staff • 402 dental staff • 202 culture, education and recreation staff • 128 carers • 162 technicians The county council has approx. 6 357 employees (2011-12-31) (79 % women and 21 % men) The average age is 46. Average working hours is 93 %

12. Democracy – citizen dialogue Participation and knowledge Develop the dialogue between politicians and citizens, and between politicians and employees Develop and provide meeting places and forums e.g. Assembly for the Elderly and Disabled, study circles and conferences, Cultural Assembly, County Youth Assembly, County Council website Develop and set up information and cooperation groups, e.g. County Pensioners’ Council, County Disabled Council, Youth Delegation

13. Mälarsjukhuset Hospital Eskilstuna Mälarsjukhuset Hospital is the largest hospital in Sörmland. Medical, surgical and psychiatric care, both emergencies and scheduled, 24 hours ……………………………………………………………………………………… Activities are carried out at • Specialist out-patient clinics • Emergency ward • In-patient wards • Units for diagnostics and treatment • Surgical wards • Rehabilitation units

14. The memorial hospital of Kullberg in Katrineholm The hospital offers care and treatment within all commonly occurring illnesses. Activities are carried out 24-hours a day with a special focus on geriatric care,internal medicine, chronic illnesses and rehabilitation. Other prioritised patient groups are children and youth, people with psychiatric illnesses and caring for the terminally ill. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…… Activities are carried out at • Specialist out-patient clinics • Internal medicine clinic • Emergency ward • Newly built wards • Units for diagnostics and treatment • Surgical wards for scheduled operations • Rehabilitation facilities

15. Nyköping HospitalFounded in 1773 Nyköping Hospital carries out specialist care and medical service within the following areas: • Casualty, with emergency ward and short-term care • Surgery and intensive care • Paramedical, i.e. occupational therapy, counselling, physiotherapy and rehabilitation in the home • Radiology ……………………………………………………………………………. The hospital offers: • Proximity to good quality care and rehabilitation • Care focused on the patient • Close cooperation between patient and carer • Close cooperation between different carers and care levels

16. Regional Hospital Karsudden(1) The regional hospital Karsudden is Sweden’s largest hospital for forensic psychiatric care. The hospital opened in 1964 and is the only government approved unit in Sörmland providing psychiatric care for people in custody and people sentenced to prison.

17. Regional Hospital Karsudden(2) Activities include: • 11 wards • 104 beds • 8 admission beds • 8 observation beds • occupational and social therapy • 291 staff The catchment area is primarily Sörmland County Council, Stockholm County Council and the Västra Götaland region. The hospital has well-established cooperation with Huddinge Hospital. Treatment is based on individual needs and requirements. An individual care plan is made for each patient.

18. Dental care • The public dental care consists of 19 clinics and 3 specialist clinics • Around 80 private dentists • Dental care is free of charge for children 0-19 years

19. Habilitation (1) Works with/Consists of • child and youth habilitation • adult habilitation • neuropsychatric centre • hearing habilitation, including interpreters for the deaf • visual centre • aids and applicances • handicap service, including care abroad • Dammsdal School • patient travel

20. Habilitation (2) Examples of activities Provides expertise within the county council regarding the Act on Support and Service for People with Disabilities  Works with habilitation of people with severe disabilities Responsible for follow-up of disability policy Programmes including access for the disabled within the county council Knowledge-base for the dissemination of knowledge on the disabled within the county council Develops care-chains for people with neuropsychiatic disabilities

21. Public Health The aim of public health measures in the long-term is to achieve good health and more equal health in Sörmland. In the short term, the aim is to increase knowledge of public health issues and to further develop collaboration and methods for achieving good health and more equal health in Sörmland. (County Strategy for Public Health Measures 2002) How the Public Health Unit works • Long-term programmes • Process management • Networks/coordination • Competence development • Surveys

22. Culture & Education • Culture for all • Sörmland Music & Theatre , including Film in Sörmland and Dance in Sörmland • Sörmland’s Museum • Öknaskolan, Sörmland’s School for Natural Resources • Åsa Folk High School • Eskilstuna Folk High School • Sörmland County Library