A push for the maternity and maternity service in Norway!
The pandemic has given even more stories and examples from women’s encounters with the maternity and maternity services that we would think were a thing of the past. The Labor-SP government can proudly say that we are well on our way to reversing the development and strengthening the services.
When women tell that childbirth and childbirth were so demanding that they could not imagine having more children, we must wake up. During the pandemic, women in labor have felt under-prioritized and, finally, their stories become clear. Several have experienced depression. As many as 1 in 3 say they were poorly cared for during childbirth, and as many as half of those with health problems experience that the help has not been good enough.
This is extra seriously in light of the basic challenges the maternity and maternity services already face. The shortage of midwives in Norway is a foreshadowed crisis – a serious staffing deficit that accelerated under the previous government. The midwives’ association with several shouted and shouted without being heard.
It’s giving birth women and employees at the country’s hospitals who have had to take the brunt that this was not addressed. When midwives run their necks at work to manage the workload, it is naive to believe that it will not affect vulnerable women in childbirth and childbirth .
Labor Party and The Center Party is now taking action to strengthen the offer – both before, during and after the birth. First, we adjusted the state budget that we inherited from Erna’s last year so that the basic staffing in the hospitals increased. We have allocated more money for educational positions for midwives, and increased the study places for nurses who can later choose to enter the midwifery profession. At the same time, we are well under way with a health personnel commission that will promote several concrete measures to educate, and recruit, but not least see qualified health professionals across the country.
But it holds not. Therefore, there will also be a report to the Storting on the comprehensive food and maternity offer. It will address staffing, the escort service, full-time positions for midwives – and we will change the entire financing model in the maternity wards so that we run a service that to a greater extent rewards professional quality. More people and strengthened funding means better services, and a safer birth and maternity experience.
We have a lot to take again after eight blue years, and a pandemic at the top – not least for the women who are left with the consequences of not getting good enough help when they needed it most. Now we will turn the tide and make sure that a good offer is given. It is about ensuring basic security during perhaps life’s most important moments.