Jenni
Ingo
Ostrobothnia
I'm Jenni Ingo, 35 years old, live in Mustasaari with my husband Christoffer, our dog Tracy and our cat Bengt. I am a nurse by profession, specialised in mental health and substance abuse and social and health care management. In my free time, I enjoy social activities and good food with friends and family.
In my career I have worked mainly in substance abuse treatment, doing everything from acute treatment to substitution care, rehabilitation and aftercare. I have also worked in the third sector with adolescents and young adults with risk behaviours and addiction problems. For the last five years I have worked as the Executive Manager for the Swedish people party in Ostrobothnia.
After my first term in the welfare region of Ostrobothnia, I am looking forward to continuing my work with your support. Although the last few years have been marked by budgetcuts and tightly timed changes, I still believe that better times lie ahead. Changes have been necessary to balance the economy of the welfare region. Without them, we would not be able to continue to afford to develop and modernise those areas where we need it. Tight financial control by the state is sometimes challenging, and in Ostrobothnia we have been particularly affected by the fact that we are 'too well off' in terms of how funding is distributed.
In Ostrobothnia, we are used to clear structures and doing things ourselves. Over the years, the municipalities have built up a dense network of social and health services. Our task now and in the future is to find new ways to develop existing services with the resources we are given. I see the role of the council as being at the centre of the network: to know your local area, to consider with others how we can resolve structures that can no longer be maintained, to set limits when changes are unacceptable and, above all, to communicate constantly with the people in the area. Not all change is bad, but all change requires both time and patience.
For me, a prosperous region is first and foremost about safeguarding and developing services for people. It is about creating the conditions for people to get the best possible care and service - at the right time and with a low threshold. Ostrobothnia is a great place to live and work in, and I want to continue working for it for the next four years.
Candidates answers in election machine
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It is important that the wellbeing services county of Ostrobothnia has a central hospital with full emergency services.
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The geographical distance to services is more important than whether the services are located within municipal boundaries.
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There should be more mobile services, such as health buses and remote consultations.
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Wellbeing services counties must increase investments in preventive healthcare, even if it means that other types of care receive fewer resources.
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A personal doctor system should be introduced to improve continuity of care, even if it requires extra resources for a while.
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Wellbeing services counties should prohibit the use of temporary agency doctors.
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More shelter spaces should be established to help individuals subjected to violence.
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To shorten waiting times, wellbeing services counties should increase the use of service vouchers.
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Healthcare should be centralized if it saves money or improves quality.
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Funding and resources for rescue services should be prioritized higher, even if it means cuts in other sectors.
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Undocumented migrants should have the right to non-urgent healthcare.
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More emphasis should be placed on training healthcare staff in gender diversity and sexual diversity.
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