The Kanta-Häme and Southwest Finland hospital districts both said they were left with no other choice to protect the well-being of patients during the intensive care strikes announced by the Finnish Union of Practical Nurses (Super) and the Union of Health and Social Care Professionals in Finland (Tehy).
The Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has finalised its draft bill for a patient safety act. Helsingin Sanomat on Sunday revealed that the act would grant regional authorities the right to suspend strikes and order individual employees to work under the threat of fine.
“I’m sure we’ll manage to bring the bill to the Parliament early next week,” Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services Aki Lindén (SDP) stated in the Parliament House on Thursday, 8 September.