– Several said they might be willing to withdraw their resignations. The exact number is difficult to say, but it seems that we may be a good group that will remain if this can now turn around.
The says Stine Molvær Nesseth, intensive care nurse and trustee at Oslo University Hospital.
NRK has today confirmed that a new proposal has been submitted for a solution to the conflicts on
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It was brought up at a meeting with, among other things, union representatives and managers today.
According to several sources, the proposal will be discussed in a meeting on Monday morning.
Considering staying on the porch
Last week, 14 out of 24 intensive care nurses quit their jobs at the clinic in protest against the hospital lease, and a further five announced that they would do the same.
The management at OUS wishes to establish a joint department for heart surgery at the hospital, so that the own department at Ullevål disappears.
The employees have warned against that.
They have also been concerned about the budget cuts to be implemented at the hospital, and new rotation arrangements that have been announced.
Several have now sent a clear signal that they are considering withdrawing their resignation if there is another solution, and thus ensure that the operation of the clinic can continue.
– We feel that we have established a dialogue, and that alone is great. We are a bunch of slightly more optimistic intensive care nurses now, says Nesseth.
Decisive for the clinic
OUS confirms to NRK that there is a new solution proposal on the table.
They won’t say anything more than that.
NRK learns that the proposed solution involves having a five-day post at Ullevål this summer, but that the clinic will be closed at weekends.
According to NRK’s information, they are also moving away from the original proposal to merge the department at Ullevål and at Rikshospitalet already now, but that there will still be some cooperation this summer.
– We told the department and clinic managers that the proposed merger is not feasible anyway, because you will lose so many employees, says Nesseth.
14 out of 24 intensive care nurses at the thoracic surgery section quit their jobs in protest last week.
Photo: Lise Åserud
She is therefore excited about what will become of the proposal that will now be submitted.
She clarifies that she has not seen the proposal herself, and therefore does not know in detail what it entails.
– Basically, it’s about restructuring the operation, so that we can have a well-functioning department this summer and into the autumn, says Nesseth.
– How important is it to retain this expertise at Ullevål?
– I think it is quite decisive actually. Many of those who have resigned are those with the longest experience. They have hundreds of years of combined experience, says Nesseth.
She says that it has been a well-run department with little staff turnover, and that many of them have been there for over ten years.
– I would very much like to have my colleagues back. I hope they look at this proposal properly, and that together we can find a good solution, so that we lose as few nurses as possible from the department, says Nesseth.
