A Good Work Programme

STM100:00/2023 Development

In accordance with the Government Programme of Prime Minister Orpo's Government, solving the shortage of personnel threatening the availability of services in the welfare society requires both short-term and long-term measures. The Good Work Programme will be launched to ensure the sufficiency and availability of personnel in the health, social services and rescue services sectors.

Project number STM100:00/2023

Case numbers VN/29753/2023

Set by Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

Term/schedule 8.1.2024 – 31.3.2027

Date of appointment 8.1.2024

Orpo

Chapter 2 Toimiva ja kestävä hyvinvointiyhteiskunta

Subchapter 2.2 Henkilöstön riittävyys ja saatavuus

Contact person
Erja Mustonen, Erityisasiantuntija
tel. +358 295 163 179
[email protected]

Contact person
Taina Mäntyranta, Lääkintöneuvos
tel. +358 295 163 692
[email protected]

Project status

Goals and results

The Good Work Programme includes both long-term and short-term measures to ensure the sufficiency of health and social services personnel, coping at work and productivity of work. In line with the policies outlined in Prime Minister Orpo's Government Programme, the programme will support the attraction and retention of the sector, increase training and develop the structures of training, clarify the division of labour between personnel, support the coping of personnel, promote the opportunities of professionals to allocate working hours to customer work and streamline access to professional rights for professionals trained outside the EU/EEA countries.

The work of all priority areas will be promoted during the parliamentary term, but the most important thing is to clarify the division of labour between the personnel with measures that will free up the personnel's time for work corresponding to their training and increase the share of direct customer and patient work.

Starting points

Recruiting skilled people poses challenges in practice throughout Finland. There are many challenges in health and social services, especially in services for older people. In addition, problems related to the sufficiency and availability of personnel have occurred throughout Finland, especially in child welfare and mental health services. In many places, there is a shortage of social workers in child welfare services.

There is a considerable shortage of doctors and dentists in health centres. There is a shortage of mental health services, especially psychologists and psychiatrists. The challenges related to the sufficiency and availability of rescue service personnel are particularly directed at rescue workers, although there is a need for personnel in all rescue services. The shortage of personnel has posed challenges to the provision of statutory services, and it has also affected the quality of the services provided.

Developing and statute drafting in the Government

The ministries implement the Government Programme, draft acts and other statutes, and promote reforms through different kinds of projects, working groups and bodies. Information on all this is available on the Government website.

All ministries' projects are available on the Government website valtioneuvosto.fi/en/projects

A Good Work Programme

Basic information In progress

Relation to the Government Programme

Orpo

Project status

Goals and results

Starting points