New healthcare training and driving license help

Jan Jönsson (L) proposed that the City of Stockholm establish Viva Lyceum healthcare and nursing, a dedicated education center combining upper secondary and adult education in healthcare, to attract more people to the sector and reduce staff shortages, partly by subsidizing driving licenses for graduates. However, the City Executive Board advises against merging the educational programs due to organizational and pedagogical challenges and a lack of evidence that it would be more effective than existing initiatives. The city has, however, already decided to offer paid driving licenses to students in healthcare programs starting in autumn 2025, which addresses that part of the proposal.