In September, SynPlan hosted a roundtable conference with unions, municipalities, and universities to discuss the full-time culture of municipal health and care services. The conference was held at NTNU’s office in Oslo and had participation from Norsk Sykepleierforbund, Fagforbundet, Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS), Trondheim municipality, Oslo municipality, NTNU and Nord University. The event was facilitated by Werner Christie, former Minister of Health and Camilla Roede Skevik & Hai Nguyen from NTNU A high proportion of part-time employees is one of the biggest challenges to Norwegian municipalities. Combined with the shortage of GPs and nurses, that [...]