Finland’s well-being services counties fail to meet deadline for clearing illegal specialist care queues

Several of Finland’s well-being services counties will not meet the April deadline to eliminate unlawfully long non-urgent specialist care waiting times, reports public broadcaster Yle, citing *Uutissuomalainen*.

The National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (Valvira) had ordered the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) and nine well-being services counties last October to resolve the backlogs by the end of April or face penalty payments. HUS and the Central Finland well-being services county have confirmed they will miss the target, while Kanta-Häme, North Karelia, and Southwest Finland remain uncertain about meeting the requirement.