Private company stops ambulance service in North Jutland

Private company stops ambulance service in North Jutland

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Private firm ends ambulance service in North Jutland

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Rising fuel prices and wages have made ambulance service an unprofitable business, says the director of PreMed. Region North Jutland must find a new supplier by 2027.

The company PreMed took over most of the ambulance service in Region North Jutland from Falck after a bidding process in 2022. (Photo: © Mads Claus Rasmussen, Ritzau Scanpix)

By

Jesper Knox ( [email protected] ) 31 min. ago

Within two years, a new solution must be found when sick and injured North Jutlanders need to go to the hospital.

The company PreMed, which has been responsible for large parts of the ambulance service in North Jutland since 2022, has decided to terminate the contract with the region five years early.

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> We are giving Region North Jutland a good warning, so a new solution can be found for the ambulance service

> -Anders Vikke, director PreMed

However, director Anders Vikke does not think that the company is shirking its responsibility.

- On the contrary. I think we are taking responsibility for pointing out that it doesn't work as it is now. We are giving Region North Jutland a good warning, he says.

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Could not foresee price increases

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There are several reasons why PreMed will break the contract. There is a shortage of staff in the ambulance service, wages for ambulance personnel have risen significantly, and the same is true for fuel prices and medical equipment.

Things that, according to Anders Vikke, could not be foreseen when the contract was signed three years ago.

Region North Jutland must now determine whether they will take over the entire ambulance service themselves, or whether they will hold a new bidding process.

- I wished that the contract would continue. We have been happy with the cooperation with PreMed, so I am then annoyed that it does not continue, says the chairman of the close health service Pia Buus Pinstrup (K).

- Regardless, a supplier of ambulance services must be found for the people of North Jutland, and it is Region North Jutland that has the responsibility for ensuring that it happens, she says.

Read also: Acute shortage of Falck paramedics in North Jutland: They say no to 15,000 overtime ( https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/akut-mangel-paa-falckreddere-i-nordjylland-de-siger-nej-til-15000-en-ekstravagt )

The chairman of the selection committee rejects compensating PreMed for the rising fuel prices.

- We have a contract that we are adhering to. If we were to send a large check in the direction of PreMed, other companies could question whether there is real competition, says Pia Buus Pinstrup.

PreMed would like to make a new contract with the region if it is possible in 2027.

- With a new contract, we have the opportunity to calculate a new price for the task, so we can make it a more profitable business, than it is today. So a new bidding process will be an opportunity to deliver a new package with a new price, so we can make a business out of it, says director Anders Vikke.

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