Freedom of choice

You can choose your own social and health station as well as the location of examinations and treatment in non-urgent specialised care anywhere in Finland.

For more information and instructions on choosing the place of treatment, see:

• Changing the social and health station (in Finnish)
• Choice of specialised health care

Ask our freedom of choice counselling for more information

The freedom of choice counselling of the Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa provides information on freedom of choice. You can contact us by phone or email. We will tell you, for example, about

• freedom of choice referral practices,
• waiting times for access to treatment,
• our expertise and
• accommodation in a patient hotel.

We cannot answer questions about the patient's state of health.

Contact us

We are available by phone on 03 3116 7000 on weekdays 12–14, there is a recorded message at other times.

Our email address is valinnanvapaus@pirha.fi. For data security reasons, you should not include your personal identity code or health information in your email. We will respond to your electronic message within two working days.