IVO has appealed the Administrative Court’s decision to grant suspension of IVO's decision to revoke Humana Assistans AB's permit
The Swedish Health and Social Care Inspectorate ("IVO”) has today, 14 February 2023, appealed to the Administrative Court of Appeal in Stockholm against the decision made by the Administrative Court to grant suspension to of IVO's decision to revoke Humana Assistans AB's ("Humana Assistans") permit to conduct business with, among other things, personal assistance. For IVO's appeal to be heard, the Administrative Court of Appeal must first grant permission to appeal. If this happens, the Administrative Court of Appeal shall then urgently examine whether the suspension decision should be revoked. At present, Humana Assistans has no information when the Administrative Court of Appeal's will announce its decision regarding permission to appeal or the question of revoking the suspension. Should the Administrative Court of Appeal revoke the suspension decision, it means that IVO's decision that Humana Assistans’ operations shall cease should be enforced, even though the legal process regarding the permit continues.
Humana announced on 31 January 2023 that IVO had decided to revoke Humana Assistans' permit to conduct operations. On 2 February 2023, Humana announced that Humana Assistans’ had appealed the decision to the Administrative Court of Appeal in Stockholm and filed a request for suspension. On 7 February 2023, Humana announced that the Administrative Court had granted a suspension, which means that Humana Assistans can continue to conduct operations until further notice while continue to pursue the substantive issue is decided in court.
IVO has today, 14 February 2023, appealed to the Administrative Court of Appeal in Stockholm against the decision made by the Administrative Court to grant suspension to of IVO's decision to revoke Humana Assistans AB's ("Humana Assistans") permit to conduct business with, among other things, personal assistance. For IVO's appeal to be heard, the Administrative Court of Appeal must first grant permission to appeal. If this happens, the Administrative Court of Appeal shall then urgently examine whether the suspension decision should be revoked. At present, Humana Assistans has no information when the Administrative Court of Appeal's will announce its decision regarding permission to appeal or the question of revoking the suspension. Should the Administrative Court of Appeal revoke the suspension decision, it means that IVO's decision that Humana Assistans’ operations shall cease should be enforced, even though the legal process regarding the permit continues
Humana Assistans still consider IVO's decision incorrect, for reasons including those stated in Humana's press release on 2 February 2023. The company will continue to work for safe and secure personal assistance for all customers while continuing to pursue the case in court.
For more information, please contact:
Johanna Rastad
President and CEO
070 748 20 44, johanna.rastad@humana.se
Ewelina Pettersson
Head of Investor Relations
073 074 79 12, ewelina.pettersson@humana.se
This disclosure contains information that Humana AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU nr 596/2014). The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person, on 14-02-2023 15:06 CET.
Humana is a leading Nordic care company providing services within individual and family care, personal assistance, elderly care and special service housing in accordance with LSS. Humana has 18,000 employees in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark providing care for 9,000 individuals and working to achieve the vision “Everyone is entitled to a good life”. In 2021, Humana’s operating revenue was SEK 8,188m. Humana is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and the company’s headquarters are located in Stockholm. Read more about Humana on: https://www.humanagroup.com/