The medical deficit is getting worse – a shortage of psychiatrists especially
Health care|Municipal and well-being employers are pushing to increase medical training.
Medical department has grown in primary health care, according to a study by municipal and well-being employers KT.
According to the survey, 483 of the tasks of health center doctors are universe in the well -being areas, which corresponds to 13.5 % of all tasks. The medical deficiency increased by 1.2 percentage points compared to last year.
In specialized medical care, 552 of the doctor’s duties had been fulfilled.
Thus, the total deficit of doctors and dentists in the welfare areas is 1,156 vacancies.
KT’s research shows the minimum level of unreleased tasks, as there were no responses from three well -being areas.
Medical shortage has long been difficult, especially in psychiatry. There is a shortage of adult, children’s and youth psychiatrists. Currently, a lot more doctors are also needed for lung disease, acute medicine and urology. However, there is a shortage in almost all areas.
KT labor market researcher Piitu Parma According to a shortage of doctors, a downturn is a regional phenomenon that, among other things, tests North Karelia and other well-being areas on the eastern border and on the other hand on the west coast of the country.
« There are doctors in large centers, but it has always been difficult to get them in the peripheral areas permanently, » Parmanne told STT.
As a medicine KT has proposed an increase in medical training places on the medical shortage. According to KT’s invoices, doctors should be trained in 975 years to prevent the shortage of doctors from the present. Currently, the number of medical studies is 826. The number was increased by 71 last year.
« It’s not about being willing to be willing to study as a doctor even so that many go abroad to study and then return to Finland, » Parmanne says.
The proportion of doctors in Finland has increased in Finland. According to Valvira’s statistics, every third physician, who had been legalized in 2024, had completed his degree outside Finland.
According to Parma, doctors working in a Finnish service system would be most effective in training in Finland.
“Young doctors studying abroad have a huge job to take over the characteristics of the Finnish service system in addition to all the necessary medical skills,” Parmanne says.
Particularly, according to Parmanta, much more psychiatrists should be trained in the future to ensure the availability and access to services.
As the medical deficit has grown, the use of the purchasing service has been reduced in both hospitals and health centers. According to a KT study, the use of purchasing services decreased from 12.3 % to 4.3 % in a health center doctor. This has been the aim of the well -being areas, as tenant doctors are much more expensive than their own doctors.
