A political conflict has emerged in Region Skåne over healthcare waiting times, with the current administration and opposition presenting conflicting assessments of the situation. According to the regional government, healthcare waiting lists have decreased by approximately 25,000 people since 2022, including 5,000 reductions this year alone. The administration points to improvements such as increased same-day access to primary care from 90% to 97% and more patients receiving operations within guaranteed care timeframes.
However, the Social Democratic opposition strongly disputes these claims. Opposition councilor Henrik Fritzon stated, 'We still have a situation where six out of ten Scanians don't get cancer care within the right time. That can't reasonably be something to be satisfied with.' The Social Democrats argue that the current figures are worse than when they governed the region and opposed healthcare director Martin Engström presenting the new accessibility statistics to the regional council.
We still have a situation where six out of ten Scanians don't get cancer care within the right time. That can't reasonably be something to be satisfied with.
The dispute centers on whether the current Moderate-led administration has made sufficient progress in reducing healthcare queues, with the opposition claiming insufficient resources have been allocated to address the issue.