
Name: | Tommi Kippola |
Year of birth: | 1993 |
County: |
Southwest Finland |
Town: | Turku |
Title: | Organisation Coordinator, MA |

Tommi
Kippola
Southwest Finland
"Advocacy for everyone."
I am born and raised in Vaasa, Ostrobothnia, but since 2014 I have lived, studied and worked in Turku. I have a master’s degree in the field of general history.
Important political topics
Functioning social welfare
The help should be there when you need it and without unnecessary delay.
Safe living
We all have the right to a safe life, and this right should be reflected in the services offered by the welfare sector.
Reliable rescue services
Funding for emergency services must be commensurate with needs, so that assistance covers the whole region.
Candidates answers in election machine
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Is the Kaskisbacken Health Center (formerly Åboland Hospital) needed?
Swedish services need a coordinating unit.
2 / 14
Should Varha increase the language supplement (Swedish language) for employees?
A good way to get staff with capable language skills.
3 / 14
Should Varha invest more in professional firefighting services than in voluntary ones?
Volunteer fire brigades are vital in places that lack professional units.
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.
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.
8 / 14
More shelter spaces should be established to help individuals subjected to violence.
9 / 14
To shorten waiting times, wellbeing services counties should increase the use of service vouchers.
10 / 14
Healthcare should be centralized if it saves money or improves quality.
11 / 14
Funding and resources for rescue services should be prioritized higher, even if it means cuts in other sectors.
12 / 14
Undocumented migrants should have the right to non-urgent healthcare.
13 / 14
More emphasis should be placed on training healthcare staff in gender diversity and sexual diversity.
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