Tag: General practitioner
Non-melanoma skin cancer poses a significant global health risk, new research reveals
Professor Thierry Passeronlead author of the study, highlighted the harsh reality: “Although NMSC may be less likely to be fatal than melanoma, its higher prevalence is striking. In 2020, NMSC accounted for 78 percent of all skin cancer cases, causing more than 63,700 deaths worldwide. Melanoma led by comparison approximately 57,000 deaths during the same…
More than half a million wound treatments every year in the HUS area
The direct costs associated with treating wounds make up about 2-5 percent of total healthcare spending, which is in the same range as the costs of treating obesity or cancer. Based on a survey conducted by Lohja Hospital and primary care providers in the area, it has been estimated that more than half a million…
How doctors in different fields take care of their health: two health activities stand above the rest
There is strong research evidence that daily exercise that develops muscle strength and coordination can reduce the risk of injury (such as knee injuries) and prevent musculoskeletal pain, such as back pain and osteoarthritis. Personally, I try to move by walking, cycling or running on the way to work. In my opinion, commuting exercise is…
Life expectancy for the socially disadvantaged increases by one year every two years since 2009 – report
Danish welfare is often hailed as one of the best in the world; the country has a reputation for looking after its own – especially the vulnerable. As far as the authorities are concerned, they are ‘socially vulnerable’, not just homeless – even if the definition identifies a person who is a regular user of…
Which languages must a nurse in Iceland speak?
There has been a shortage of health workers in Iceland for several years. In fact, despite the relatively high standard of public healthcare, Iceland has one of the lowest ratios of nurses and general practitioners to population in Europe, meaning that healthcare jobs in Iceland are in high demand. Partly in response to […] The…
Changes to compensation for private medical expenses
Kela continues to reimburse for private examinations and treatments necessary for mental health and oral health, which are ordered by a psychiatrist, oral and maxillofacial surgeon or dentist. Tests made by a psychologist can also be replaced. Other treatments and examinations are no longer covered by Kela’s compensation. Procedures performed by doctors are also excluded…
National Round-Up: Biggest public transport fare increases since 2008
From 15 January, prices for public transport will be largely increased. Bus, train and Metro tickets increase by an average of 4.9 percent, according to Din Offentlige Transport, which supervises the transport companies DSB, Metroselskabet and Movia. “Like everything else, the costs of providing good public transport are also rising significantly at the moment. It…
Most women unaware of symptoms of aggressive breast cancer: Study
Less than half of the women considered redness of the breast (44%), bumpiness/thickening of the skin (44%) or one breast that feels warmer or heavier than the other (34%) as possible symptoms of breast cancer. a very aggressive form of the disease known as inflammatory breast cancer. An online survey of 1,100 US women aged…
Hard pill to swallow this fall! Although Pfizer’s effective corona treatment is available, can we take it fast enough?
Get used to the term ‘test strategy’, because it will be more important than ever when the pandemic season resumes in the autumn, says Lone Simonsen, who is an epidemiologist at Roskilde University, according to TV2. With Pfizer’s pill Paxlovid hopefully available before then (a course of two pills every 12 hours for five days),…
Elderly and other vulnerable groups should be offered the fourth COVID-19 jab
All people in Denmark over the age of 50 will be offered a fourth vaccine against coronavirus, said Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at a press conference on Wednesday. Certain vulnerable groups, such as nursing home residents and senior citizens, will be offered the fourth plug as early as mid-September. All remaining Danes over 50 will…
New record for flu vaccinations: almost every third person got a jab
The Danish public has clearly got used to standing in line for a jab. During this flu season, 1.7 million people were vaccinated against influenza. This is almost every third person in Denmark. According to the General Practitioners Organization (PLO), it is the highest admission in history. The total number is 800,000 more than the…
Denmark is one of the world’s best countries for starting a family
Denmark is one of the best countries in the world to start a family, according to one location prepared by William Russell, who took into account safety, affordability for childcare, happiness, health, education and parental leave. However, it lags behind its Nordic cousins Iceland, Sweden, Finland and Norway, which took the top four places in…
Vaccination Action Stations: Do not forget that GPs and pharmacies are also jabbing the public!
Call your doctor Another route to vaccination could also be through your own physician. From Hellerup and Hvidovre to Frederiksberg and Farum, general practitioners across the Capital Region offer the corona plug. You can check out list of doctors offering the service here.
Flying doctors: Hundreds of general practitioners respond to the Capital Region’s May Day to get help to vaccinate children
Pfizer’s approval of young children was accelerated by the European Medical Association, the European Commission and The National Board of Health the health authority within a few days, but now the operation of vaccinating children aged 5-11 years has stopped in Greater Copenhagen. The Capital Region, which is overwhelmed by the demand that has led…
Local Election 2021: Doorstep decision day
Let’s face it: it’s these elections you want to vote in. They pertain to your healthcare (where your baby might be born, where that crucial operation might take place etc), the state of your community (roads, schools and leisure), and how much assistance you get in your integration. That’s an awful lot of money being…
Doctors will give children the right to a quick assessment of dissatisfaction
– We know that an increasing number of children and young people are unhappy. And we know that some children and adolescents develop symptoms, either of a developmental disorder or mental illness. – And the waiting time in PPR is simply too long. During that waiting time, they risk having their condition worsen, says chairman…
Cough and sore throat give queue for test
In the North Jutland Region, there has been a queue at the test centers recently, and on Friday the region chose to step up by inserting more pods, and in addition, two more test centers will open. – We can see that there have been increasing infection rates, and therefore there are more who want…
Sore throat and cough: Test centers have become busier
It has been busier than usual in the country’s test centers in recent days, where at the same time there have been the highest infection rates for two months. On Friday, almost 80,000 PCR tests were registered in Denmark, while by comparison there have been around 50,000 daily tests the 14 days before. In the…
Online consultations get more men to seek medical attention
A new, digital health scheme from Danica Pension has made men seek help from doctors and psychologists, writes Politiken. Customers who have health insurance with Danica have easily been able to contact doctors, psychologists and dietitians online. In the first nine months of the year, this has led to more than 10,000 consultations. Men account…
Busyness costs on patients’ health
With a new study on the conditions in the healthcare sector in hand, employees are now sounding the alarm again. In the study, a number of doctors and nurses point out that the pressure in the health care system is great. In fact, so large that in many cases it affects the patients. Lisbeth Lintz…
Nurses and doctors: Busyness affects patients
– It is an everyday life where there are too few staff, and where the tasks far exceed the number of hands and heads that are at work, says Lisbeth Lintz, who is chairman of the Medical Association. In the study, more than four out of ten of the chief physicians, junior doctors, and nurses…
Covert folk disease destroys the lives of many women
Incontinence is a hidden folk disease imbued with shame that affects many women’s quality of life. 15 percent of 40-60-year-old women experience incontinence at least weekly. The problem most often occurs after childbirth, but often shows up later when the pelvic floor muscles and connective tissue that support the bladder become slack. For the many…
Doctors for patients: Remember test if you cough
Others with cough, fever, sore throat or cold sit down in the consultation without first having a coronary test or talking to their doctor about the symptoms. – We experience that people have not understood that there is still a requirement for a mask at their own doctor, says Jørgen Skadborg, who is a general…
Covert folk disease destroys many women’s lives
Incontinence is a hidden public disease permeated by shame, which severely affects many women’s quality of life. 15 percent of 40-60-year-old women experience incontinence at least weekly. The problem most often occurs after childbirth, but often shows up later when pelvic floor muscles and connective tissue that support the bladder become slack. For the many…
Doctors on call: Get coronary tests for fever and cough
Some doctors experience that patients show up in their practice with symptoms of corona, but without having had a coronal test. The call from the doctors is clear: get tested if you are ill. If you have covid symptoms, you must be tested. And if you go to the doctor with such symptoms, the doctor…
Pharmacies and doctors report great interest in influenza stings
At both pharmacies and general practitioners, there is an interest in being vaccinated against influenza. – Influenza vaccination is something we are very interested in this year. I’m pretty sure many more will be vaccinated this year than ever before, he says. This is what Jørgen Skadborg, general practitioner and chairman of the General Practitioners’…
OVERVIEW: The left will give older people more choices
* “Nursing homes” must be set up in all municipalities in Denmark. A nursing home does not have an operating agreement with the local municipality and can therefore more freely arrange the service. The residents of nursing homes also have the opportunity to buy extra services such as extra cleaning or walks. * The set-off…
Too few Danes go to the doctor with a headache
More than one in four Danes who have a headache once or several times a week has never talked to a doctor about the problem. It shows a new national study from the National Knowledge Center for Headaches according to Politiken. Among those who experience headaches a few times a month, 53 percent have never…
Professor with an interest in defense will be the new SDU rector
The University of Southern Denmark (SDU) will have a new rector from 1 November. This is stated by SDU in a press release. This is 48-year-old Jens Ringsmose. He is a trained historian, and in his research career has focused on the field of defense policy. Previous places of employment include the Danish Institute for…
The Prime Minister promises shorter for the hospital
However, Mette Frederiksen left patients, doctors and members of the Folketing without very tangible information in her speech. – Centralization affects us all. There are also citizens in Copenhagen’s Vestegn who miss the local police, and here are also challenges with medical coverage. – More needs to get closer. We are in the process, said…
New superhospitals born with fewer beds in the living rooms
The upcoming super hospital, which will be located in Hillerød, will be affected by new savings. Berlingske writes this on the basis of an orientation to the politicians in the Capital Region. According to the newspaper, after several savings, there is a prospect of fewer beds in Hillerød. But it is far from the only…
Sick Danes increase waiting time at the South Danish emergency room
– We have some waiting times, which at some times are not good enough. We have difficulty achieving our service goals, says duty manager Klaus Pedersen. He is a general practitioner and head of the medical service in the region. It is he and his colleagues who staff the emergency room and answer calls from…
Sick Danes are unusually busy in medical centers
He is a general practitioner in Haslev on Zealand and has contact with doctors across the country with the same experience. Both in the form of an increased number of inquiries to the medical centers and busyness in the emergency room. It is not coronavirus that is causing the bustle of doctors at the moment.…
SF will improve conditions for dementia and relatives
The promise must be phased in over three years and financed by the negotiation reserve in the budget negotiations. She tells this up to the party’s national meeting, which began on Saturday. – It has taken far too long to do something that is in fact at the forefront of helping in the field of…
Regions will use chlamydia test against infertility
Most people with the disease notice no symptoms. However, if not treated in time, it can lead to infertility. A report by the Knowledge Council for Prevention shows that chlamydia is the cause of approximately 480 cases annually of involuntary infertility and approximately 600 cases of chronic abdominal pain. Therefore, the Danish Regions will start…
Popular medical scheme is future-proofed in agreement
The experiment spread to the whole country two years later. At the turn of the year, the scheme becomes permanent when it is written into the general practitioners’ agreement. A nursing home physician gets stuck past the nursing home to which they are affiliated, next to their regular medical practice. Here they look after the…
Every 10th child is treated at fertility clinics
There are several reasons for the development, says chairman of the Danish Fertility Society Janni Vikkelsø Jeppesen. – It is complex, but something is about us having children later in life. And it is known that fertility decreases as the woman gets older. – But it also comes into play that men have a declining…
Popular medical scheme is future-proof
The experiment spread to the whole country two years later. After five years of changing funding, a more permanent solution is now emerging. From the turn of the year, it has been written into the general practitioners’ agreement. It brings joy to Ældre Sagen. – We think that is really positive. Now it has become…
The Liberal Party wants 1,700 more general practitioners in Denmark
– All Danes must have a good general practitioner close by. It is very unsafe and unsafe for Danes and their families when it is difficult to find a doctor where you live, says Jakob Ellemann-Jensen. He refers to an analysis from the Association of General Practitioners’ Organization. According to it, more than half of…
The Liberal Party wants to move medical practices closer to the Danes
– We simply have to do much more to ensure that Danes can get a good doctor close to where they live. – Today, far too many citizens experience that it can be difficult, and it creates insecurity, says the Liberal Party’s chairman, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen. The Liberal Party will present the proposal at the party’s…
The Left wants many more GPs
It appears from a proposal that the Liberal Party presented on Friday in connection with its summer group meeting. For example, the Liberal Party will spend DKK 375 million over three years on modernizing medical practices around the country. It should make it more attractive for doctors and other healthcare professionals to establish themselves where…
V: Medical practices need to be closer to citizens
Over three years, the party will spend the money on modernizing medical practices around the country and making it more attractive for doctors and other health professionals to establish themselves where there is still a shortage of doctors. The money must be placed in a pool from which regions and municipalities can apply for funding…
Proposals should prevent late cancer diagnoses
The organizations propose that the patients’ general practitioners be given a new and direct access to, in case of doubt, quickly send patients on to, for example, a scan. The PLO and the Danish Cancer Society call it “quick yes / no surveys”. It is intended for citizens who have diffuse symptoms that are not…
FACTS: Medical coverage in peripheral areas must be strengthened with a new agreement
The agreement allocates DKK 349 million, which will be used, among other things, for efforts against inequality in health. Here you can read about the content of the agreement. * The fee structure of the doctor’s shift is changed: The visiting doctor receives the same benefit, regardless of whether a patient is terminated by telephone…
Lack of hands is putting pressure on the emergency services in several places in the country
This is the assessment of professor of health economics Jakob Kjellberg from Vive – The National Research and Analysis Center for Welfare. – The doctor’s shift is a kind of temporary arrangement, where you as a general practitioner cover for each other in the evening hours and at the weekend. – But it is difficult…
Region Zealand takes over the doctor’s shift from general practitioners
As the first region outside the capital, Region Zealand itself will be responsible for running the emergency room. The region has entered into an agreement with the general practitioners in charge of the emergency service today to take over responsibility until 2022. – We will now spend the next year planning how we will concretely…
National Round-Up: First car in Denmark confiscated for dangerous driving
Crash on reckless driving The incident happened just three days after a new law on dangerous driving came into force, allowing police to seize vehicles used in reckless driving cases. The confiscated car ends up at a police auction where the money from the sale goes to the treasury. The government went down to crack…
Fewer cancer diagnoses in 2020 are causing concern
On a monthly basis, some periods stand out. From March to May, 2,800 fewer diagnoses were made. It was the period during the first shutdown due to the corona epidemic. The number has thus leveled off a little, but not enough that the concern is gone, says Jesper Fisker, director of the Danish Cancer Society.…
1600 fewer cancer diagnoses after the corona came to Denmark last year
It is not new that there were fewer cancer diagnoses during coronary occlusion. At no time was the activity of the health service in the field of cancer turned down. Nevertheless, in December it became clear that from March to May there were 2800 fewer diagnoses. The hope at the time was that as society…
Goodbye to the mouthpiece creates redemption
It meets relief in the retail industry, which calls it a day the stores have been looking forward to ever since the sanitary napkin requirement was introduced. Lars Aarup, communications and analysis manager at Coop, says that it is great to get “smiles back in the stores”. – It has been incredibly tiring for the…
Mouthpieces should continue to be used in the waiting room and during coronation
This applies, for example, if you have symptoms of coronavirus and break your self-isolation to get to a doctor or hospital. This also applies to stays in waiting rooms, for example in an emergency room, with the general practitioner or the doctor on duty. – The vast majority of people at increased risk have been…
Health clusters must provide better patient outcomes
It must help to create good processes for patients and ensure a uniform quality throughout the country. This was said by Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke (S) at a press conference on Friday morning. – Too many patients feel homeless in the system between the hospital, the municipality and the general practitioner. – The idea…
Therapists: Health clusters provide better deals for patients
– The framework provided by the clusters can be the beginning of doctors and other professionals working together to raise the quality of treatment for, among others, the chronically ill, patients with mental illness and multi-disease. It is good for the patients, writes chairman of the Medical Association Camilla Noelle Rathcke in a comment. At…
21 health clusters must ensure coherence in the treatment
Denmark must have 21 new health clusters that will be located around the country’s emergency hospitals. The government, Danish Regions and the National Association of Local Authorities have agreed on this, the Ministry of Health writes in a press release – Too many patients feel homeless in the system between the hospital, the municipality and…
Mette F. opens for local hospitals and more doctors in the province
The government will try to do away with this when a new agreement is to be entered into in the health area, says Mette Frederiksen in the speech. – Too many Danes do not have the opportunity to get their own general practitioner. We see this in areas such as Lolland-Falster, West Zealand, North Jutland…
Regions: Local hospitals will provide well-being throughout Denmark
– We are concerned that Denmark is covered by good opportunities for education and employment, so it is attractive to live in all parts of the country, says Stephanie Lose. She focuses on how the connection between country and city is central to the regions’ cooperation. And argues that it is regional strategies that are…
2000 signs up for voluntary vaccine at private company
More than 2,000 Danes have already signed up to receive a coronavina vaccine voluntarily from the private company Practio. It writes Jyllands-Posten. From next week, the company will probably be able to supply the first connectors. Jonas Nilsen, co-founder of Practio, tells the newspaper. He also announces that 100 doctors have shown interest in helping…
Long-term covid – a cultural disease?
In parallel with patients with acute covid-19 infection, there is now a growing group with long-term covid or postcovid. This spring’s debate about this as a “cultural disease” is meaningless, says Lisa Norén, a general practitioner who herself has postcovid. “I can say that it has been interesting and a little scary to be a…
The Conservatives’ health spokesman will be regional council chairman
The press release states that Per Larsen will focus on “respect for the family doctor” and on a “safe healthcare system.” – If I am elected as the new regional council chairman, then I will make every effort to ensure North Jutlanders easy access to a general practitioner, as they know, and that we get…
Name the place and time! One third of ‘young people’ are ready to accept the Ministry of Health’s offer and receive a discarded vaccine
Every third person under the age of 50 would say yes if they were offered one of the discarded Johnson & Johnson (J&J) or AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccines, according to a Megafon survey conducted for TV2 and Politiken. About 33 percent of 565 respondents aged 18-49 said they would gladly take J&J, while 24 percent would…
Corona gives a large increase in the Danes’ doctor contact online
The corona outbreak has meant that even more Danes were in contact with their doctor via e-communication last year. In 2020, 44.5 percent of the population was in contact with their general practitioner online, according to figures from Statistics Denmark. That is 8.8 percentage points more than the year before, and the share has increased…
Heunicke: Denmark is in dialogue about changing vaccines
“If we can trade with some countries where we send AstraZeneca vaccines to them, and we get some of their Pfizer vaccines, then of course it is extremely interesting,” says Magnus Heunicke. He points out that “the faster we can get the population vaccinated, the faster we can lift Denmark out of the pandemic”. The…
Model for voluntary AstraZeneca vaccination is uncertain after meeting
– The model is fine on paper. If some want to get an AstraZeneca vaccine, I do not think there is a political majority to oppose it. – But there must be some logistics around it, there must be some who actually also want to stand up and stick people in their arms. That is…
Medical Chairman on AstraZeneca: Hardly any doctors who want to vaccinate
– I reckon that there will hardly be any general practitioners who want to participate in vaccinating with that vaccine. – It is quite unlikely, and we will not go in and speak for an agreement to be made about it, says Jørgen Skadborg. He will encourage his members, the general practitioners, to read the…
Medical Chairman of AstraZeneca: Hardly any doctors who want to vaccinate
– I reckon that there will hardly be any general practitioners who want to participate in vaccinating with that vaccine. – It is quite unlikely, and we will not go in and speak for an agreement to be made about it, says Jørgen Skadborg. He will encourage his members, the general practitioners, to read the…
The Capital Region of Denmark will vaccinate 30,000 citizens on Monday
It writes the region in a press release. The vaccination centers are ready for the test, says Helene Bliddal Dørssing, Acting Deputy Director of the Capital Region of Denmark’s Emergency Preparedness. – We are constantly developing the workflows in the vaccination centers, and I look forward to testing it again on a large scale. –…
Device list: New control center must capture unreliable lightning test
The proposal comes from the party’s corona rapporteur, Peder Hvelplund, after Politiken has been able to report that there is a high risk of a false negative or false positive test result in lightning tests. – It is rather absurd that we are in a situation where there is uncertainty about the validity of the…
Senior employees have quit their jobs at the Ministry of Health
Experts and doctors fear for the management of the health service because the Ministry of Health has experienced an employee flight at all key positions since the beginning of the corona crisis. It writes Politiken. All three department heads, the department head and the press chief have been stopped. At the level below the department…
Patient associations: Young people with diseases fail in new vaccine plan
– Many young people with arthritis and connective tissue diseases have isolated themselves for a long time. They have been looking forward to the vaccine in April with the certainty that was in the plan that vulnerable patients were first in line and had to be vaccinated before they recovered. – This principle is now…
Agreement terminated: Doctors earned millions on corona response
Since June, the country’s GPs have been able to charge a fee from the regions if they send an email to patients that their coronary test is negative. This has happened even though the citizens can find the information on sundhed.dk. But now it’s over. The Danish Regions and General Practitioners’ Organization (PLO) has in…
Regions and doctors will vaccinate by age
Danish Regions and the general practitioners will have changed and simplified the vaccine calendar, so that in future the vaccines will only be given according to age. This is what the chairman of the Danish Regions, Stephanie Lose (V), says…
The Social Democrats want to leave the vaccine plan in Brostrøm’s hands
– We do well to let the National Board of Health stand for it and for the prioritization and to find out who should have the vaccination when and how we get the best possible health effect out of it, and in the end fight the infection as best as possible and save as many…
Danish Regions will have changed in the vaccine calendar
The Danish Regions and the general practitioners will have changed and simplified the vaccine calendar, so that in future the vaccines will only be distributed according to age. This is what the chairman of the Danish Regions, Stephanie Lose (V), and the director of the General Practitioners’ Organization (PLO), Jonathan Schloss, tell Politiken. Currently, the…
Fight Against Cancer: Send doctors in search of overlooked cancers
The Danish Cancer Society’s researchers have themselves uncovered how 2,800 fewer cancer diagnoses were made in the spring of last year than in previous years. At the same time, the Danish Health and Medicines Authority’s figures show that in the spring there were fewer referrals to cancer package courses than usual. Although the number of…
Medical Association on Patient Rights: It’s Hasty
– It rubs in the ears and seems so illogical that at the same time citizens are also given a promise that all non-acute treatments can be done with the same speed as if we did not have an epidemic. It just puts extra pressure on the hospitals, says Camilla Noelle Rathcke in a written…
Several doctors have taken vaccines for themselves and employees
In the nursing home Lyngparken in Varde, a doctor insisted on getting four vaccines for himself instead of vaccinating the employees at the nursing home. Whether it happened or was stopped, Berlingske does not know. Later at the same nursing home, a doctor chose to use the vaccine on himself, even though there were eight…
General practitioners must appoint four to six patients for vaccination
The country’s GPs have been instructed to identify four to six patients who are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus and who should therefore be next in line for vaccination. It writes Berlingske. Those to be appointed are persons in vaccination group 5. The National Board of Health has previously announced that virtually all persons in target…
Regions: Unacceptable million profit on corona response
Citizens can find exactly the same information on sundhed.dk. But the doctors have been able to charge around 46 kroner for each message, and it has run out. According to figures from Danish Regions, the bill amounts to DKK 23.4 million, writes Politiken and Radio4. – It is totally unacceptable and in clear violation of…
GPs make millions on negative corona responses
Since June, the country’s GPs have been able to charge a fee from the regions if they send an email to patients that their coronary test is negative. This happens even though the citizens can find the information on sundhed.dk. The doctors have been able to charge around DKK 46 for each message, and that…
Private individuals must help: 400,000 must be able to be vaccinated daily
The government and the country’s regions are now inviting private companies into the work of vaccinating Denmark’s population against covid-19. Today, Saturday, a tender has been set up where private individuals can bid for the task. It must ensure that over 400,000 can get a vaccine sting – every day. This is stated by Danish…
Doctors have transported vaccines against the rules
In several cases, doctors have taken covid-19 vaccines home after vaccination efforts in nursing homes to vaccinate themselves and their staff. It writes the media Nordtinget. They must not do so, as vaccines must not be transported irregularly, because they can be damaged and thus destroyed. According to the Nordting, this has happened, among other…
FACTS: Late effects can affect both physically and mentally
READ more about the clinics here: * Patients and doctors have called for a single place where patients with severe and long-term late effects can apply. * The National Board of Health has recommended the regions to open the clinics from 1 January. * There are clinics in the North Jutland Region, the Southern Denmark…
General practitioners are being chimed down by Danes who want to get vaccinated
– It is no secret that we are too few general practitioners and are already busy serving people who contact us – also with corona-related topics. – So we do not need idle inquiries, where we still can not say that we do not know yet, says Jørgen Skadborg. The residents of the care centers…
Aalborg has completed the first round of vaccinations in all nursing homes
According to the municipality, there has been a great deal of support for the vaccine at the nursing homes in Aalborg. More than 90 percent of residents have agreed to be vaccinated. Aalborg’s mayor, Thomas Kastrup-Larsen (S), is pleased that the municipality has come so far in the vaccination program over Christmas and New Year.…
All nursing home residents in Region North receive the vaccine before week 3
– Therefore, one can start making a little more long-term planning for the vaccines to be given, he says. Last day of week 2 is January 17th. On Monday, about 5,800 new doses arrived in the region. Of these, two thirds are distributed to the municipalities and the general practitioners. The last third goes to…
First Professor of Tobacco Prevention
– It is the very best birthday present I could get, she says. Because with the plan, Denmark is approaching the countries that have long ago taken action against young people’s smoking and seen that it works. As tobacco becomes less available, fewer people start smoking. Charlotta Pisinger, who turns 60 on 19 December, is…
Professor: Vaccine can get vulnerable out of isolation
It will be a significant boost for the elderly and other vulnerable people, who have largely had to isolate themselves during the corona crisis, that they may soon be vaccinated against covid-19. This is the assessment of Jens Lundgren, professor of infectious diseases at Rigshospitalet. In the days after Christmas Eve, residents of nursing homes…
General practitioners must vaccinate all nursing home residents
– The government has decided that residents of care centers should be vaccinated as some of the first. It makes very good sense, and when society asks us to solve the task, we naturally take it upon ourselves, says the chairman of the PLO, Jørgen Skadborg, in the press release: – This weekend we have…
Denmark prepares for vaccine: Looking for dentists and nurses
The first Danes are expected to be able to be vaccinated at the beginning of the new year, and in this connection the health authorities are providing staff to be responsible for the vaccinations. The Capital Region of Denmark is currently looking for staff in a job advertisement, and in order to be considered for…
FACTS: This is how Denmark will distribute vaccines to the population
The first vaccines against coronavirus can arrive in Denmark at the end of December or the beginning of January. There will not be enough vaccines coming to Denmark at once to be able to offer vaccines to the entire population, and therefore the government and the health authorities have made a plan for the distribution.…
Doctors and patients want vaccine leftovers on the table now
The medical association’s president, Camilla Noelle Rathcke, points out that the health authorities themselves, in large campaigns, have encouraged the elderly and vulnerable to be vaccinated. But at the same time, the vaccines have been widely used by Danes who did not have such a critical need for them. – The health authorities have encouraged…
Research: E-prescriptions improved the management of harmful drug combinations
The introduction of electronic prescriptions has improved the management of certain adverse drug combinations, but facilitated easy access to some sedative drugs, according to a new study. the analysis looked at users the blood thinners warfarin and the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) prescribed for them in 2007-2014. It also included an overview of the gradual…
People with mild COVID-19 symptoms can order their own test
Health authorities have made it easier for those with mild symptoms to be tested for COVID-19. Moments ago, that The National Board of Healthhealth authority revealed that people living in Denmark from today can order their own test and avoid being referred by their general practitioners. In addition, a number of new clinics are being…
General practitioners lack flu vaccines
The increased demand for the flu vaccine this year has created delays in the delivery of vaccines to GPs. – There is a shortage of vaccines, says Jørgen Skadborg, acting chairman of the General Practitioners’ Organization (PLO). – Unfortunately, we have to postpone or cancel vaccinations of patients who had an appointment in advance because…
The government will negotiate health care reform next year
– It’s close to being the best news of the day. This is how it sounds from the Conservatives’ chairman, Søren Pape Poulsen, after he in the Folketing’s opening debate on Thursday evening received a commitment from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) to implement a reform of the health service next year. Former Prime Minister…
Cough clinics must relieve pediatricians with corona tests
The National Board of Health will establish “cough clinics”. Here, both adults and children with symptoms of covid-19 must be able to go to be examined immediately without having to wait for an appointment at a test center. This is stated by the National Board of Health in a press release. – It will relieve…
Coronavirus Round-Up: New Guinness World Record for being tested for coronavirus
It sounds like one of the unlikely Guinness World Records that we all mock, but a Danish citizen has been tested for coronavirus 24 times in just two weeks, reports TV2. And it seems that it is not a single use, as at least 1,500 people in The Region of Southern Denmark has been tested…
Now 50,000 are tested every day – doctors want a showdown with the strategy
The general practitioners are put off by inquiries about coronavirus and it is blocking citizens with symptoms of other diseases. At the same time, there is too long a wait for tests and test results, because far too many in the population are tested for no reason. This is how it sounds from the General…
KL and Danish Regions will collaborate on emergency hospitals
On Wednesday, the National Association of Local Authorities (KL) and the Danish Regions launched 12 common benchmarks as input to a future plan from the government for the healthcare system of the future. Here is an overview of some of the landmarks: * Stronger cross-sectoral collaboration in healthcare and politically rooted local collaborations. A formalized…