Press releases

Content with Administrative branch Social welfare .

5.1.2021	Deputy-Ombudsman Sakslin gave decisions on child protection
28.4.2020	Deputy-Ombudsman concerned by the lack of guidelines for and supervision of elderly care
31.1.2020	The rights and status of the victims of human trafficking to be strengthened through legal amendments
24.10.2019	Several investigated complaints about children who have been taken into care led to measures
4.6.2019	Deputy-Ombudsman to investigate discriminatory service housing charges
27.5.2019	Rights of placed children restricted without legal basis
3.4.2019	Numerous problems in decision-making related to restrictive measures
2.10.2018	An excessive workload among social workers is jeopardising the supervision of substitute care and the realisation of the rights of children outside the home
29.8.2018	Cage beds must be abandoned in care of disabled people
4.6.2018	Evaluating what is in the child’s interests in cases involving foreign nationals
14.5.2018	Shortcomings in relation to access to information for relatives involved in the care of elderly persons
23.4.2018	Backlog in processing of demands for rectification by Kela
12.4.2018	Kela’s changed policy regarding basic social assistance has endangered the continuity of medical treatment and equal access to health services
12.9.2017	What type of healthcare expenses can basic social assistance be granted for?
5.7.2017	Severe delays in Kela's telephone service
8.6.2017	Clarity for the rules on emergency housing
2.5.2017	Parliamentary Ombudsman issues a proposal for redress to Kela
29.3.2017	Kela reprimanded for delaying social assistance processing
21.6.2010	Safeguarding the fundamental and human rights of aged people receiving round-the-clock care
14.11.2008	A sufficient number of skilled carers must be made available for pre-school and day-care for six-year-olds