Labor shortage: Norway needs 1,200 medical specialists
The shortage of medical specialists in Norway has doubled in three years. This is especially true of the smaller hospitals.
In total, the NAV believes there is a shortage of 1,200 such specialists, according to NRK Dagsnytt.
“There is not a single hospital where there are no recruitment problems in some specializations. We probably have a bigger problem in smaller hospitals. It is a growing problem,” Kristin Kornelia Utne in the Young Doctors’ Association (Ylf) told the channel.
The Ministry of Health and Care Services confirms that the issue is a growing problem. On Wednesday, the NAV included medical specialists on the list of occupational groups for which there is the most significant shortage of labor in Norway.
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