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Government bills5

Topicnurses5
  1. HE 197/2025 vpPassed

    Streamlining further training for nurses

    Nurses will be able to qualify as paramedics, midwives and public health nurses through separate supplementary education without completing a second full university of applied sciences degree. Paramedic and public health nurse qualifications can still also be completed directly as an integrated programme in connection with nursing studies.

    22 May 2026 · 3 votes
    91 jaa
    77 ei
  2. HE 56/2020 vpPassed

    Clarifying recognition of foreign professional qualifications

    The rules governing the recognition of professional qualifications and professional traineeships acquired in another EU or EEA country will be specified. At the same time, the rules on equating foreign higher education degrees with degrees completed in Finland will be clarified.

    11 Jun 2020 · passed without a vote
  3. HE 69/2018 vpPassed

    Expanding nurses' prescribing rights

    Nurses who have completed supplementary training will be able to prescribe medicines on a limited basis also in home care, specialised medical care and publicly outsourced services. The change will speed up patients' access to care and free up doctors' working time for more demanding tasks.

    25 Mar 2019 · 1 vote

    Only vote · 1. lakiehdotus, 23 b §, mietintö / Kristiina Salonen

    106 jaa
    65 ei
  4. HE 202/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    State compensation for nurse prescribing training

    The state will begin paying compensation to healthcare employers for training in limited prescribing for nurses. The subsidy will compensate employers for tuition fees charged by universities of applied sciences.

    18 Dec 2018 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 107/2015 vpPassed with amendments

    Reforming recognition of healthcare qualifications

    Recognition of healthcare professional qualifications is facilitated and supervisory cooperation between authorities across the EU is enhanced. At the same time, authorities are given better opportunities to verify that professionals arriving from abroad have sufficient language proficiency.

    21 Dec 2015 · passed without a vote