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Name: Marita Backman
County: West Uusimaa
Town: Espoo
Title: Entrepreneur MSc in Economics

https://www.maritabackman.fi

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Marita
Backman

West Uusimaa

"I am an experienced, skilled and dedicated advocate. I’ve been working for over 15 years in the Espoo city council and various boards. I want to work for a well-functioning and safe city and good healthcare. Important is: High quality education. Well-being services for all ages Smooth access to care Integration services for immigrants Entrepreneurship Employment services Environment and nature Culture. Sports and exercise. Balanced economy"

I am an entrepreneur and have a MSc in Economics. I’ve worked with marketing, direct mail and product development, lately also with publishing. I am used to taking responsibility and organizing.
I’m aiming at better services in the whole city and the county. Education, healthcare, well-being. I want especially to support entrepreneurs and companies and want to develop the services for them.
I have an international background, worked abroad for seven years (USA and Germany), speak six languages and understand what it’s like to settle in a new country.
I want to help you succeed and feel at home in Espoo!

I am married and have four children. I enjoy being in the nature, hiking, sailing, swimming or just strolling around.

Let me be your choice in the Espoo municipal- and Western Uusimaa elections!

I am also running in the municipal elections

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Important political topics

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.

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Services should be maintained in the regional hospitals in Raseborg and Lohja.

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The wellbeing services county of West Uusimaa should allocate more resources to language supplements to encourage staff to provide services in Swedish.

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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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If you could give a superpower to your future political leader, what would it be?

The ability to instantly purify the environment and stop climate change.
Invisibility to reveal and combat corruption at all levels.
Time travel to correct historical mistakes and improve the future.
Infinite wisdom to make perfect decisions on all political matters.
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