Government bills6

Topicpatient security6
  1. HE 130/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Ensuring essential care during industrial disputes

    The life and health of patients and home care clients would be safeguarded during industrial disputes by making it possible to assign personnel to essential care duties. When necessary, the authority could postpone or suspend a strike and oblige healthcare professionals to perform client and patient safety work.

    20 Sep 2022 · 12 votes
    109 jaa
    38 ei
  2. HE 299/2022 vpPassed with amendments

    Harmonising health and social services supervision

    Public and private providers of health and social services will come under identical supervision and a joint registration system. Commencing operations will require registration in the new nationwide Soteri register instead of applying for separate licences.

    24 Mar 2023 · passed without a vote
  3. HE 81/2019 vpPassed with amendments

    Transferring health technology supervision to Fimea

    Supervision and licensing duties for medical devices, biobanks, tissue establishments, and gene technology will be transferred from Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) to Fimea (the Finnish Medicines Agency). The reform will bring the sector's product and safety supervision together into a single agency.

    16 Dec 2019 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 312/2018 vpLapsed

    Permitting surgery without round-the-clock emergency services

    Hospital districts will be able to organise and purchase elective surgery also in units that do not have round-the-clock joint emergency services. Strict quality requirements related to patient safety and emergency preparedness will nevertheless be set for these operations.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  5. HE 52/2017 vpLapsed

    Standardising health and social service registration

    Public and private health and social service providers will be subject to common operating rules and a registration procedure. All operators will have to register in a national register before starting operations.

    18 Apr 2019 · no votes
  6. HE 48/2015 vpPassed

    Civilian oversight of Defence Forces healthcare

    Healthcare organised by the Finnish Defence Forces will be transferred to the supervision of Valvira (the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health) and the Regional State Administrative Agency. The change would align the supervision of Finnish Defence Forces healthcare with that of other healthcare services.

    1 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote