Expert: Finland needs 30k more healthcare workers by 2030
One third of Finnish municipalities report ongoing recruitment problems as an expert warns an acute shortage is looming.
A government commitment to increasing the nursing quota at elderly care facilities has accelerated the need for more healthcare staff.
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Finland is expected to need recruiting around 30,000 more nurses by the year 2030 to meet the demands of an aging population and the obligations set out in the government’s proposal to amend the law on social and healthcare services for the elderly.
The bill proposes setting the minimum nursing quota for round-the-clock care at old-age institutions at seven caregivers for each 10 residents.
Nurses union criticises THL, employer over care home Covid outbreak
A total of 13 deaths linked to coronavirus have been reported at the facility since a localised outbreak in early December.
Rauhaniemi care home in Tampere.
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The Finnish Union of Practical Nurses (SuPer) says that workers at a Tampere care home that has seen 13 people die of coronavirus since December were not provided with sufficient protective equipment.
SuPer blames the City of Tampere, which owns Tampere s Rauhaniemi hospital for senior citizens, and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), which sets out guidance for protective masks in care settings.