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21.5.2025 | The employment rate of registered nurses and practical nurses is high, with more than 90 per cent of graduates finding work in the social welfare and health care sector. Unemployed nurses cannot be relied on to respond to the future labour shortage in the sector. People who have sought employment in other sectors represent the most significant resource of unutilised workforce. Some relief can also be provided by pensioners for whom working is increasingly common.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/most-registered-nurses-and-practical-nurses-are-already-working-in-the-social-and-health-care-sector-career-changers-and-pensioners-are-a-possible-extra-reserve
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23.3.2026 | The sufficient Finnish or Swedish proficiency of professionals working in the healthcare and social welfare sector forms an essential part of patient safety and service quality. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is currently preparing measures to make it easier to ensure language proficiency, and to support employers in enhancing professionals’ language skills.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/language-proficiency-of-healthcare-and-social-welfare-personnel-to-be-strengthened-to-improve-patient-safety
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Ministry of the Interior Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen The Finns Party Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen heads the Ministry of the Interior. She is responsible for internal security and migration matters covered by the Ministry of th...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/ministers/-/min/orpo/minister-of-the-interior
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Ministry of the Interior Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen The Finns Party Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen heads the Ministry of the Interior. She is responsible for internal security and migration matters covered by the Ministry of th...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/ministers/-/min/orpo/inrikesminister
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Ministry of the Interior Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen The Finns Party Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen heads the Ministry of the Interior. She is responsible for internal security and migration matters covered by the Ministry of th...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/ministers/-/min/orpo/sisaministeri
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Governments and ministers You can browse the information on the site by government, minister, ministerial title and ministry. All ministers are listed for each government, along with their terms of office. The information on individual ministers i...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/governments-and-ministers/ministers/-/min/mari-rantanen
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21.10.2025 | The Prime Minister’s Office has awarded a total of EUR 240,000 in discretionary government grants for work to combat racism in 2025–2026. The grants were available to civil society organisations representing ethnic minorities and were intended to strengthen the organisations’ core activities and develop new ways to combat racism.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/discretionary-government-grants-awarded-to-civil-society-organisations-for-work-to-combat-racism-eur-240-000-awarded-to-ten-different-projects
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5.6.2025 | On 5 June 2025, the Government issued a decree on sectors with labour shortages in which the holders of residence permits for employed persons may seek work more flexibly. At the same time, the Government wants to facilitate the supply of labour in sectors suffering from labour shortages.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/government-issues-a-decree-on-current-labour-shortage-sectors
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24.2.2025 | Finland has been active in responding to Ukraine’s need for assistance. Finland has delivered more than 100 vehicles to Ukraine through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The latest consignment of 16 vehicles was delivered during the first weeks of February. Finland has also delivered more than 400 truckloads of civilian material assistance to Ukraine through the EU mechanism.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-continues-its-active-support-for-ukraine
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25.4.2024 | Amendments have been made to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Decree on Vaccinations and to the Government Decree on Voluntary COVID-19 Vaccinations in order to allow dentists, senior pharmacists, pharmacists, practical nurses and biomedical laboratory scientists to administer vaccines in future. The aim of the amendments is to accelerate the administration of seasonal vaccines in particular and alleviate the shortage of healthcare personnel.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/more-healthcare-professionals-to-be-allowed-to-administer-vaccines
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28.12.2023 | The aim is to accelerate and streamline the administration of vaccines and to alleviate the shortage of healthcare personnel. The amendments that are being circulated for comments would allow dentists, senior pharmacists, pharmacists, practical nurses and biomedical laboratory scientists to administer vaccines. The amendments would also make it easier to organise vaccination at pharmacies’ health service points.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/in-future-more-healthcare-professionals-would-be-allowed-to-administer-vaccines-amendments-to-decrees-circulated-for-comments
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22.9.2025 | The Government proposes to update legislation on children and young people’s health checks. Under the proposal, the timing and content of health checks in child health clinics, school and student healthcare, and oral healthcare would in future be regulated in a government decree instead of an act. The health check in student healthcare at upper secondary level would be combined with the pre-conscription health examination, and an electronic health questionnaire would be introduced.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/government-reforms-legislation-on-children-and-young-people-s-health-checks
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29.11.2023 | This autumn, the revised Labour Force Barometer focuses on the future prospects of the technology industry and the social welfare, health and wellbeing sectors. The greatest shortage of labour is in the health and social services sector, where skilled workers are needed for the care of older people, in particular. The outlook for the technology sector is expected to improve after next summer.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/labour-force-barometer-most-of-finland-suffers-from-labour-market-mismatch
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29.1.2024 | A recent report compares Finns’ state of health and Finnish health services with other EU states and Nordic countries. Released by the European Commission, focus areas of the report include the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and mental health. Although Finland does well in many respects, there are challenges especially in the availability of health services.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/european-comparison-finns-health-is-relatively-good-long-wait-times-worsen-access-to-health-services
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30.3.2023 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has commissioned two studies to support future decisions and measures to promote international recruitment in the healthcare and social welfare sector. The reports survey the experiences on international recruitment among healthcare and social welfare sector employers and those who have moved to Finland to work or study in the sector. The conclusion is that employees hired from abroad will be needed in great numbers in the next few years.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/new-studies-provide-data-on-promotion-of-international-recruitment-in-health-and-social-services-sector
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23.9.2024 | The Finnish Government proposes about EUR 15.2 billion in appropriations for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and its administrative branch for 2025. This is about EUR 1.1 billion less than in 2024.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/budget-proposal-for-the-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health-and-its-administrative-branch-for-2025
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22.3.2024 | As assigned by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Mika Nykänen, State Secretary to the Minister of Employment, has met with the main labour market organisations and reviewed the conditions for starting bipartite negotiations on the Finnish labour market model. The organisations consider the preparation of a common agreement-based labour market model to be necessary. Some of the organisations, however, have preconditions for starting negotiations.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/state-secretary-nykanen-s-review-of-conditions-for-starting-negotiations-of-the-finnish-labour-market-model-has-been-completed
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9.8.2024 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health proposes appropriations of EUR 15.1 billion for the Ministry and its administrative branch for 2025. This is approximately EUR 1.2 billion less than in 2024.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/draft-budget-for-the-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health-and-its-administrative-branch-for-2025
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15.2.2023 | As international recruitment becomes increasingly common in the healthcare and social welfare sector, it is important to ensure that employers have sufficient competence to manage recruitment responsibly. Responsibility recommendations prepared to support recruitment promote consideration of ethical aspects and combat risks of labour exploitation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/new-responsibility-recommendations-support-employers-in-healthcare-and-social-welfare-sector-international-recruitment-
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1.11.2022 | This autumn’s Occupational Barometer indicates that the increase in labour shortages has levelled off. At the national level, the Occupational Barometer nevertheless identified 56 shortage occupations out of 200 key occupations.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/occupational-barometer-increase-in-labour-shortages-has-slowed-down-but-health-and-social-services-continue-to-ac-count-for-top-shortage-occupations