Second consecutive year of the coronavirus pandemic

The year 2021 was the second consecutive extraordinary year for HUS and everyone working here, because of the coronavirus pandemic. Employees had to go the extra mile even more often than usually.

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HUS year 2021

The year 2021 was the second consecutive year of the coronavirus pandemic. HUS continued to play a major front-line role in combating the disease. Despite the pandemic, we continued to do our basic work, and demand for our services recovered from the previous year.

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Patient care

In 2021, we treated a total of 670,000 patients. The number of referrals and emergency department visits increased.

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Personnel

Personnel availability issues have come to a head particularly during the coronavirus pandemic. The second year of the coronavirus made us reconsider our practices.

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Finances

The HUS Council confirmed a EUR 15 million surplus as the financial performance goal for the financial period, instead of the break even goal. The background for this decision was the pandemic and the resulting care deficit.

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Research and education

We improved and extended our Research Services, for instance by adding training and by improving the online services used by scientists. At the beginning of 2021, we introduced also the instructor physician scheme.

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Corporate responsibility

Our key responsibility objectives were: reducing food waste; improving eConsultations; improving the customer experience and supervisor work; and increasing procurement expertise.

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Better care, for every patient, every day

Every year, about 670,000 patients are treated at the HUS Helsinki University Hospital. HUS employs 27,000 professionals to serve all patients’ best interests. We are responsible for specialist medical care for the residents of 24 member municipalities. In addition, we provide nationally centralized care for many rare and severe diseases. HUS Helsinki University Hospital is the biggest health care provider and the second-largest employer in Finland. Our expertise is internationally recognized and accredited. As a university hospital, we constantly study and develop our treatment methods and activities.