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Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in Cyprus. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment that cannot wait for your return home. You may need such treatment in case of acute illness or accident. You can also receive treatment related to […]

Accessing care If you are temporarily staying in Denmark, you are entitled to medically necessary treatment. Residents of the Nordic countries may also be entitled to medically necessary treatment in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment that cannot wait for your return to Finland. You may need it, for example, […]

Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in Estonia. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment that cannot wait for your return home. You may need such treatment in case of acute illness or accident. You can also receive treatment related to […]

Notify your move to the authorities Working for a local employer in another EU or EEA country, the United Kingdom or in Switzerland Treatment in the new country: If you move to an EU or EEA country, the United Kingdom or to Switzerland to work for a local employer, you will usually be covered under […]

Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in mainland Spain, the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, and in the cities of Ceuta and Melilla. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment that cannot wait for your return home. You may need such […]

Accessing care If you are temporarily residing in the United Kingdom, you can prove your right to treatment with a European Health Insurance Card issued by Finland. A passport is currently not accepted as a certificate of right to treatment. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment that cannot wait for your return home. You may […]

The Constitution of Finland guarantees the right to livelihood and care. Care refers to urgent medical care, among other things. The Constitution also contains provisions concerning non-urgent treatment. In order to implement this, the government officials, municipalities and state have been obligated to ensure that everyone has access to social and healthcare services; they also […]

In Finland, a rare disease refers to a disease that up to five persons out of 10,000 residents have. European reference networks include reference centres for rare diseases, which operate all around Europe. The centralisation of experts and information may prove very useful when a patient and their doctor need assistance to make a diagnosis […]

Conscripts arriving from abroad The Finnish Defence Forces is responsible for the health care of conscripts regardless of the country from where they have arrived to Finland. Medical care is provided when The services are free. The Finnish Defence Forces may acquire the services from public and private service providers. If you arrive to Finland […]