A new agreement must contribute to more stable and continuous staffing of positions within, among other things, the emergency area, births and psychiatry.
The regions in Denmark must help ensure that there are enough personnel in the Greenlandic Health Service. In a new agreement on a relay system, hospital departments in Denmark must in future cover a number of full-time positions in Greenland.
The next step is for hospital departments to be found in Denmark, which will be part of the relay scheme. This is within, among other things, the emergency area, births and psychiatry.
This is what Naalakkersuisut writes in a press release.
– I am really happy with the agreement that has now been concluded. It ensures greater stability for the patients in Greenland and at the same time provides better working conditions for managers and staff because there will be greater continuity and more competences.
– At the same time, the relay scheme provides an opportunity for development and exchange of knowledge and experience between employees in Denmark and Greenland. It creates community and gives new perspectives, says naalakkersuisoq for health and people with disabilities, Anna Wangenheim (D).
Applies throughout the country
It is up to the Greenlandic Health Service to register where staff are needed. After this, a participating department in Denmark covers the position in question in Greenland for an agreed period.
The Danish health personnel receive a salary from Greenland, but receive a relay supplement from the state.
For the employees at the Danish departments, participation in the relay scheme is voluntary, and the participating employees return to their Danish employment after the end of their stay.
– The relay scheme testifies to great mutual trust and close cooperation between the Greenlandic Health Service and the health service in Denmark. We would like to help strengthen the Greenlandic Health Service, and I am very happy that the regions’ employees are given the opportunity to contribute to development and greater continuity. Our hope is that with the scheme we make a difference for the citizens of Greenland, says the chairman of Danish Regions, Mads Duedahl.
It is not the first relay arrangement to be entered into with Denmark.
This specific agreement will include the employment of both doctors, nurses and other professional groups and will apply to both Queen Ingrid’s Hospital in Nuuk and hospitals on the coast.
