In a survey of healthcare staff in Finland, only 1% of respondents felt that internationally recruited workers had sufficient language skills to work in their profession.
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The 1% figure comes from a 2024 survey of the members of SuPer (Lähi- ja perushoitajaliitto, the practical nurses' union), published in January 2025 — i.e. roughly two years before the session date — not from a representative national statistics source.
The MEP presented the finding generically as a survey of 'healthcare staff in Finland' and did not name the survey or its author (SuPer), nor the year (2024).
The same survey reports that 80% of respondents considered the language skills of internationally recruited workers insufficient, which is the complementary context of the 1% figure and was not mentioned.
The exact composition of respondents (union members assessing foreign colleagues' skills vs. internationally recruited members assessing their own skills) is not fully specified in the available material, which affects how strictly the 1% figure should be attributed.
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