EPSO contact person: Ellen Ringqvist
1. COUNTRY/REGION: SWEDEN.
Website of the supervisory organisation: www.socialstyrelsen.se
Is this website in English or partly in English? Yes/No: Yes, partly in English.
Contactperson(s)
Name and function: Per-Anders Sunesson, head of Department of Supervision, The National Board of Health and Welfare
Address: Socialstyrelsen, SE-106 30 Stockholm
Email: per-anders.sunesson@socialstyrelsen.se
Telephone number: +46752473000
Name and function: Ellen Ringqvist, legal advisor, National Coordination, Department of Supervision, The National Board of Health and Welfare
Address: Socialstyrelsen, SE-106 30 Stockholm
Email: ellen.ringqvist@socialstyrelsen.se
Telephone number: +46752473000
Corresponding contactperson:
Name and function: Kirsi Laitinen Kennebäck, programme officer, Supervision Development, Department of Supervision, The National Board of Health and Welfare
Address: Socialstyrelsen, SE-106 30 Stockholm
Email: kirsi.laitinen.kenneback@socialstyrelsen.se
Telephone number. +46752473740
2. THE STRUCTURE OF THE SUPERVISORY ORGANISATION(s)
o The Head of the Supervisory Organisation (name and function)
Per Anders Sunesson, head of Department of Supervision at the National Board of Health and Welfare.
o Size of the Supervisory Organisation:
Number of inspections/supervisions or number of inspectors or number of full time equivalents of people working in the organisation; number of hospitals or health institutions under supervision:
Number of inspections 2010: 2156
Number of inspectors: 460
Number of health institutions under supervision: about 15000
Number of social care institutions under supervision: about 8300
Number of health care personnel under supervision: about 400 000
Number of people working in the organisation: 1000
o Other relevant information about the Supervisory Organisation in your
country or region
A major organizational change took place in januari 2010 when supervision of social services was integrated with supervision of health care services at the National Board of Health and Welfare.
o Relation with the Ministery of Health and Social Affairs:
The National Board of Health and Welfare is an independent authority. The Ministery of Health and Social Affairs finances and regulates the work of the Board.
o Web address: www.socialstyrelsen.se.
3. THE SCOPE OF THE SUPERVISORY ORGANISATION(s)
o Is there supervision on health care in general? Yes.
o Is there supervision on hospitals? Yes.
o Is there supervision on other health care institutions like nursing homes/
convalescent homes? Yes.
o Is there supervision on the production and the use of medicines?
The National Board of Health and Welfare supervises the prescribtion and handling. The production and use i supervised by an another authority: Medical Products Agengy.
o Is there a supervisory relation with health care professionals? If yes, what kind of relation? The supervision includes supervision of the health care professionals actions.
o Other relevant information about the scope of the supervisory organisation.
4. METHODS OF INSPECTATION OR SUPERVISION
o What methods of inspection or supervision are used in your country/region?
The supervision is based on:
· Reports from health care services according to law
· Complaints from patients, relatives, the public
· Own initiatives
· Risk evaluation of experiences from previous supervisory activities
· Directions from the government
The supervision is mainly performed by:
· Announced visits
· Unannounced visits
· Inspection of documentation/charts
o Other information about the methods of inspection in your country /region
5. WHAT IS THE COMPETENCE OF THE SUPERVISORY ORGANISATION IN YOUR COUNTRY?
o Is the supervisory organisation entitled to use compulsory measures
(sanction/repression/enforcement)? Yes.
o Is the supervisory organisation entitled to take precautions and implement measures to prevent accidents or incidents? Yes.
o Does the supervisory organisation have the authority to close institutions
or stop non proper healthcare? Yes.
o Is the supervisory organisation allowed to interfere in other ways? Yes.
o If yes, in what way?
Individual health care professionals can be reported to Medical Responsibility board for restriction of authorization.
o Other relevant information about the competence of the supervisory organisation
6. INTERESTING ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS IN YOUR COUNTRY/REGION
Complaints about health care services from patients and next of kin, which were sent to Medical Responsibility Board before, are adressed to the National Board of Health and Welfare due to an alteration of act from the 1st of januari 2011.
