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Health Organizations

NewsChildrens Ombudsman

Authority finds child welfare units keep inadequate records on use of disciplinary measures

NewsAlko Oy

Alcohol sales in bars, restaurants down by 40 percent last year

NewsAllergy and Asthma Federation

HS: Health organisation inflated costs to maximise grant money

NewsFamily

THL extends family quarantine periods to 3 weeks

NewsTehy

Union claims hospital ordered coronavirus-exposed docs and nurses back to work

NewsData Breach & Theft

Audit finds no security shortcomings at hacked psychotherapy firm's Helsinki branch

NewsTehy

Survey: Young people losing interest in nursing

NewsHealth Officials

Private psychotherapy sector not supervised, Valvira explains

NewsWorld Health Organization (WHO)

Finnish gov't not issuing specific face mask use guidelines

NewsFinnish Union of Practical Nurses

Contract deal finally reached across municipal sector; same wage hikes for nurses and other employees

NewsCoronavirus

Living in a pandemic: Life but not as you know it

NewsAll Points North

Now what? Schools, daycare centres reopen in Finland

NewsCoronavirus

Police probe 11 coronavirus deaths at Kiuruvesi care home

NewsCoronavirus

Finland's everyday heroes working despite face mask, sanitiser shortage

NewsWorld Health Organization (WHO)

Finland to increase WHO funding

NewsCoronavirus

Google data: Finns swap shopping centres for parks and jogging trails

NewsAlcoholic drinks

Valvira: Alcohol reform did not lead to increase in booze sales

NewsFinnish Heart Association

THL: Everyone in Finland consumes too much salt

NewsActivities of Facilities For Treatment Of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction

MOT: Rise in complaints at mental health rehabilitation units

NewsWine Tasting

Alko runs afoul of law, ends wine tasting courses

NewsWorld Health Organization (WHO)

THL: 75% of working age Finns overweight

NewsWorld Health Organization (WHO)

Report: One-fifth of ninth-graders in Finland lonely

NewsHealth Officials

Health watchdog: Senior homes still failing residents

NewsHealth Care of Elderly People

Health watchdog raps care home provider over failings

NewsPihlajalinna Terveys Oy

"It seems unreal": Elderly woman dies after brutal assault by care home resident

NewsHealth Care of Elderly People

Police investigating 30 allegations of elder care neglect across Finland

NewsWages and Employee Benefits

Slight progress in Finland: Equal Pay Day nudges forward into November

NewsBuying Sex

Family Federation: Men keener on buying sex than women

NewsTurku

Tabloid: Police to investigate clinic over unlicensed cosmetic procedures

NewsWorld Health Organization (WHO)

WHO: Finland has the world's cleanest air

NewsSuicide

Helsinki suicide prevention centre opens

NewsMedicines

Medical watchdog: Doctors too lax with opioid prescriptions

NewsEvent

Pori Jazz festivalgoers bemused by tiny designated "smoking pens"

NewsMarriages

90% of married people in Finland happy in their relationship

NewsEducation and Upbringing

Call for aptitude tests to weed out unsuitable vocational students

NewsMarriage and Cohabitation

Study: 10 percent of people in Finland unhappy with their sex lives

NewsDoctors

Working group proposes unified sick leave practices

NewsWorld Health Organization (WHO)

WHO: Finland's air third-cleanest in world

NewsInfant

Trending baby names in 2015: Venla and Ellen for girls, Leo and Emil for boys

NewsActivities of Trade Unions, Labour Unions and Trade Associations

Daily: Union concerned about impact of social and health care reform on contract workers

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