The joint venture between the Bee and the Wellbeing Region will treat 70% of the population of Väijäthämälä – some candidates think the share is too high
In addition to Lahti, the Harju Health Social Centre also operates in Iiti, Kärkölä and Hartola.
The joint venture between the Päijät-Häme welfare region and Mehiläinen, Harju Health, has established itself in three years, but some of the candidates for the regional elections consider its share of the health services of Päijät-Häme residents to be too high.
Mehiläinen owns 51% of the company and the welfare region 49%.
Of the candidates who responded to Yle’s election questionnaire, 39% think that Harju Health has too much of a share in the services provided to the people of Harju.
-The high share of Harju’s health has contributed to the fact that the welfare area’s own social centers have not been developed with the same intensity. This message also comes from staff, says Kirsi Lehtimäki.
Harju Health provides basic health care services for 70 % of Päijät -Häme. In addition to Lahti, the Harju Health War Center operates in Iit, Kärkölä and Hartola.
Sysmä operates in Terveystalo, in other municipalities in Päijät-Häme, the well-being service itself is provided by primary health care services.
The wellness area and Mehiläinen have entered into an agreement that extends until 2040.
According to Lehtimäki, there are differences in the activities of the Harju health and wellness areas. Harju’s health is open in the evenings and weekends, and this has not been possible at their own war centers.
– It has been a big deal for the Heinola people that Heinola ended in evening and weekend reception. It would be hoped that the reception times could expand somewhat in their own units, says Lehtimäki.
According to Harri Pikkarainen, the welfare area must be prepared if Harju’s health is unable to perform the task in accordance with the agreement.
– I have to remember that it is corporate -based. If it does not work well enough, the changes can come and then the action should be able to take on its own, says Pikkarainen.
– The only sensible criterion is that the quality of the services is good. The producer doesn’t matter.
Not all people in Tampere have access to their own doctor
The purpose of the Sote reform has been to ensure uniform social services for all citizens.
According to the candidates who participated in the YLE Regional Election discussion, the people of Päijät -Häme will receive mainly equal services, although for some, the service provider is a private company and for some of the well -being area themselves.
The welfare area will introduce the GP in its own war centers this year.
Instead, Harju Health plans to stay in his own team model, where the patient may not meet the doctor face to face, but is handled by a multidisciplinary team.
Sari Niinistö defends Harju Health Team Model. In his view, the continuity of treatment is the number one issue and not whether the patient has met a doctor.
– Harju Health has developed his own team model and sometimes the customer’s interest is that he or she has access to a physiotherapist or nurse. The doctor may not be immediately needed.
According to Niinistö, the reality is that not everyone has their own doctor – neither in Päijät -Häme or the whole country. Kirsi Lehtimäki and Harri Pikkarainen agree.
– There will be feedback from the elderly that they want to go to the doctor. The physician should be multi -patient and older, says Lehtimäki.
-It is a good idea to start your own medical model, but it is not worth making the mistake that was made in the 1980s, when doctors were given too much population responsibility and they got tired. The system crashed into it, says Pikkarainen.
Sari Niinistö is chairman of the Päijät-Häme Regional Board. Kirsi Lehtimäki is the 3rd vice chairman of the Regional Council.
*Listen to the entire Päijät-Häme regional election discussion about Yle Arena.*