Center for preparedness in healthcare and social welfare in Southern Finland

It is the duty of the preparedness center for healthcare and social welfare in Southern Finland to lead preparedness planning in the Southern Finland collaborative area. The Preparedness Center monitors progress of preparedness planning, steers coordination and organizes various events to support planning. 

A significant number of various preparedness exercises are held every year in Southern Finland, with hundreds of healthcare and social welfare professionals participating. The Preparedness Center monitors the exercises and compiles the development needs identified. 

All preparedness centers in Finland compile, form and share national situational awareness in healthcare and social welfare, following consistent shared principles. In Southern Finland, we make use of several situational awareness systems in order to maintain situational awareness both locally and across all of the Southern Finland collaborative area. The HUS Situation Center, forming part of the Preparedness Center, monitors the current state of healthcare and social welfare on a 24/7 basis. 

The national situational awareness in healthcare and social welfare is formed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health with the preparedness centers.

Email:

etela.sote@valmiuskeskus.fi

Postal address:

HUS Preparedness Center
Stenbäckinkatu 9
PO BOX 100, FI-00029 HUS