Stockholm Region Election: Parties Set Out Plans for Health Care, Public Transport and Tax

Stockholm voters will choose who governs the region for the next four years, with public transport, health care and psychiatry among the central campaign issues.

During the current term, Stockholm Region carried out a major reorganization of psychiatric care, aiming to make treatment more equal. In 2024, Wemind and Prima won a contract for adult psychiatric care that halved the budget. Staff and patients warned about clinics closing and treatment not being provided, while the opposition called for the procurement to be repeated.

The region announced in 2023 that it would not renew its agreement with the private health-care company Mando, which operated the Mandometer clinics in Stockholm. The clinics’ methods had faced repeated criticism.

After Mando left eating-disorder care, Stockholm’s Centre for Eating Disorders received more patients. Waiting times have since shortened, although patients have also described serious shortcomings, including food they said was inedible. The parties have been asked to set out their positions across six policy areas before the regional vote.