Landskrona left‑wing politicians demand end to minute‑by‑minute home‑care scheduling

Left Party candidates in Landskrona municipality called for care and nursing services to be organised around patients' needs rather than strict minute‑by‑minute scheduling. They argued that the current “minute‑styrning” system creates stress for home‑care staff, reduces the quality of care for the elderly, and undermines staffing levels.

The open letter, published on the local news site Landskrona Direkt, quoted home‑care worker Ulrika Wahlgren Faundez describing how the minute‑based schedules leave no room for proper assistance. The municipal administration, which includes Liberals, Moderates and the Green Party, has previously denied that such scheduling exists, but the chair of the care committee, Annette Lindberg Mohlin, now acknowledges its negative impact. The Left Party urged politicians to listen to researchers, unions and frontline staff and to abolish the corporate‑style management of elderly care.

The debate references a national investigation by the Swedish Social Services Agency and the municipal employers’ association (SKR), which found that minute scheduling harms both care quality and employee well‑being.