Yesterday presented Aps Governing Mayor candidate Raymond Johansen their plans for elderly care in Oslo. They promise extra cash from the planned property tax, but change little in the use of private players.
One nursing home back to the municipality
– We are bound by long-term contracts when it comes to nursing homes. Of contracts that go out over the next four years, one nursing home run by commercial operators. It is the room for maneuver is, Johansen says.
This applies Madserud nursing homes operated by Norlandia Care. Here goes tendering period in September 2018, and will then be returned to municipal operations.
– The major players in commercial nursing operations are multinational companies. We must cooperate with them while they are here and operates nursing homes, but we do not intend to extend the contracts when they go out, says Aps councils lead candidate.
The other private nursing homes have eight-year contract that expires after municipal elections in 2019.
Maintain free user choice
Johansen will not reverse arrangement where the users themselves can choose between private and public home care if he comes to power.
Despite the fact that the Labor and Fagforbundet politically platform states that “basic welfare services should not be privatized or commercialized.”
Read more about Aps promises to remove private geriatric care in the last election here
– Can people in Oslo can be sure that they get the opportunity to choose private home care or home care also about Ap take control in Oslo?
– Yes, it can be confident of retaining freedom of choice, says Johansen.
He believes the main challenge in home care and home care today is to ensure more employees.
– When do I have to cooperate with the private sector. It is not realistic to envisage anything else, says Governing Mayor candidate.
Fagforbundet: Labor must follow up
– We understand that the Labor advocates that competition will be final. We are pleased, says Mari Sanden, head of trade union in Oslo.
– We realize that they do not go into a discussion about withdrawing contracts, but expect them to be taken back by the municipality of trip and order when they go out, says Sanden.
She says Fagforbundet are most concerned about the municipal strengthened, rather than cutting out the freedom of choice in home completely.
The municipality currently operates 21 nursing homes. If several of these put out to tender with a new civic councils are subject to negotiations after the election.
Progress group leader Carl I. Hagen wants to competition of several new nursing home.
– The private operates better and cheaper than the municipality. We must make sure to get the most bang for your buck, he said.
Christian Democratic Party in Oslo, who have older Commissioner today, however program attached that they will not contest postpone new nursing in the next period.
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