Fredrik
Waselius
West Uusimaa
"Reliable care close to you!"
I am a 46-year-old father of four who has been actively involved in Grankulla’s municipal politics for over two decades. Since 2001, I have been a member of the city council, and during the last term, I have served on the city board. I have also run in both the welfare district and parliamentary elections.
My experience spans several areas, including the municipal technical committee and chairing the youth committee. Outside of politics, I have a long career in culture and education – I currently work as team leader for the cultural team at Luckan in Helsinki and am an active musician. I have also worked as a teacher for many years.
With my background in politics, culture, and education, I am committed to continuing my work for a strong and well-functioning society, where we invest in sustainable development, quality healthcare, and a rich cultural life.
Important political topics
Accessible health care
It is of utmost importance that healthcare is available where it is needed and in both Swedish and Finnish. Therefore, we must ensure that well-functioning bilingual health centers, such as the one in Kauniainen, continue to serve patients in the future.
Candidates answers in election machine
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Ambulance services should receive more resources so that the number of ambulances in the region increases rather than decreases.
2 / 14
Services should be maintained in the regional hospitals in Raseborg and Lohja.
3 / 14
The wellbeing services county of West Uusimaa should allocate more resources to language supplements to encourage staff to provide services in Swedish.
Language supplements can work but do not always produce the desired effect. Language requirements are stronger measures and would work better in combination with dedicated bilingual service points.
4 / 14
There should be more mobile services, such as health buses and remote consultations.
5 / 14
Wellbeing services counties must increase investments in preventive healthcare, even if it means that other types of care receive fewer resources.
It is cheaper to prevent early than to care later.
6 / 14
A personal doctor system should be introduced to improve continuity of care, even if it requires extra resources for a while.
7 / 14
Wellbeing services counties should prohibit the use of temporary agency doctors.
Locum doctors should not be the go-to option as they are many times more expensive, but they can possibly be used in emergencies.
8 / 14
More shelter spaces should be established to help individuals subjected to violence.
Since they are needed, we must take care of it.
9 / 14
To shorten waiting times, wellbeing services counties should increase the use of service vouchers.
Healthcare vouchers are a very expensive way to shorten queues and do not help in the long run if there are no funds left to handle the core mission.
10 / 14
Healthcare should be centralized if it saves money or improves quality.
We should centralize if it saves money AND improves quality.
11 / 14
Funding and resources for rescue services should be prioritized higher, even if it means cuts in other sectors.
It entirely depends on what the \\\'other sectors\\\' are.
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Undocumented migrants should have the right to non-urgent healthcare.
A society suffers when it does not take care of its weakest.
13 / 14
More emphasis should be placed on training healthcare staff in gender diversity and sexual diversity.
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If you could give a superpower to your future political leader, what would it be?
With this option, one should be able to solve the other three as well, right?