What’s new
Kela.fi: Easier access to medical care for foreign seasonal workers
2.3.2021
Seasonal workers include the workers who work in the farming, market gardening or tourism sectors but not for example those hired to pick wild berries. It is also in the employer’s interests to ensure that their workers have a right to medical care. Employers can ask Kela to determine a seasonal worker’s right to medical […]
Right to medical care to remain largely unchanged also with the new Brexit agreement
8.2.2021
If you move between Finland and the United Kingdom after 1 January 2021, your right to treatment is determined in the same way as before. With the new agreement, the UK is largely treated in the same way as an EU country in terms of the right to medical care. This means that if you […]
Kela.fi: The Brexit transition period ended, Kela investigates the effects of the new agreement on social security entitlements
5.1.2021
The withdrawal agreement also henceforth guarantees the social security entitlements for persons who have moved between the EU countries and the United Kingdom before 31 December 2020 as well as for their family members. Moving between countries means moving from one country to another or starting work or studies in another country. After the transition […]
The right of international students to use student health care services in Finland will change from 1 January 2021
18.12.2020
From 1 January 2021, the Finnish Student Healthcare Service (FSHS) will organise student health services not only for students of universities, but also for students of universities of applied sciences. You can use FSHS services if you are studying for a degree at a university of applied sciences or university and you have registered for attendance […]
Student — have you explored the EU healthcare website?
2.12.2020
The EU-healthcare.fi website, organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the National Institute for Health and Welfare and the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, contains up-to-date information on health services abroad and in Finland. The site is maintained by the Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare. The content is available in Finnish, […]
Accessibility of the EU-healthcare.fi online service is at a good level
24.9.2020
The Web Accessibility Directive and subsequent national legislation require public authorities to make digital services accessible. The Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare published an accessibility statement on its website on 23 September 2020. You can read the statement here. Accessibility is especially important for people with sensory impairments. However, the good accessibility of online services […]
If you contract COVID-19 in Finland, the cost of treatment may vary
21.9.2020
You have the right to receive free treatment in Finland for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus If you do not belong to any of the above-mentioned categories of persons and do not have insurance to cover the cost of your examination and care, you may still receive free treatment for coronavirus disease in […]
Kanta.fi: You can now obtain medicines in Portugal on a Finnish electronic prescription – medicines are available in Finland on Portuguese and Croatian prescriptions
31.8.2020
Medicines can be bought abroad on a Finnish prescription, provided that you have given your consent in My Kanta Pages on passing information to a foreign pharmacy. The movement of prescriptions between countries benefits not only tourists, but also those living abroad and those who work outside their own country. ”There are Finns living in […]
Country where Finns most often sought treatment in 2019 was Estonia – cross-border health care statistics
9.6.2020
The statistical information on the cross-border health care compiled by the Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare and Kela show, among other things, how much reimbursements for medical care has been paid by Kela for treatment given abroad and countries where Finns most often seek treatment. You can view the statistical information via the contact point’s […]
Kanta.fi: Estonian citizens can now purchase medicines in Finland with an e-prescription issued in their own country
1.6.2020
Estonian e-prescriptions are accepted in all pharmacies in Finland. In order to purchase the medicines, the customer must visit the pharmacy in person and show an identification document with a photo. “Even at the present time there are Estonian citizens in Finland, for example, due to their work, who may need to use prescriptions issued […]