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Our assessment of the need or treatment is unfortunately experiencing high demand. To help reduce the backlog, the national telephone service for general health and mental health will temporarily operate with exceptional opening hours from 8 am to 11 am. The chat services in YTHSDigi remain available during normal opening hours: Monday to Thursday from 8 am to 3 pm and Friday from 8 am to 2 pm. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
The oral health chat in YTHSDigi will operate with exceptional opening hours: Mon to Thu from 8 am to 11 am and from 12 pm to 2 pm, and on Fri from 8 am to 11 am and from 12 pm to 1 pm. Our oral health service phone line will operate as usual: Mon to Thu from 8 am to 3 pm, on Fri from 8 am to 2 pm.

Influenza vaccinations are scheduled for late autumn at FSHS

Influenza vaccinations at the FSHS will be scheduled for late autumn. If you are a higher education student, please follow fshs.fi if you need an influenza vaccination. Instructions for booking appointments and additional information on the practical arrangements will become available during October.

Influenza vaccination appointments not yet available

Please note that influenza vaccination appointments cannot be booked yet. Unfortunately, we are unable to respond to advance inquiries about influenza vaccinations.

The exact start date of the vaccinations depends on when FSHS receives vaccine deliveries. In previous years, vaccinations have started by November at the latest.

Students and an FSHS employee in the corridor of an FSHS service unit.

Who can get the vaccine for free?

Social and healthcare students in higher education, as well as students belonging to a risk group, can receive their influenza vaccinations from the FSHS free of charge. A person who belongs to a risk group can get vaccinated via the public sector as well.

Please note that if you belong to a risk group and want to get both the influenza vaccination and the corona vaccination at the same time, you should contact your own wellbeing services county. FSHS does not provide corona vaccinations.

Influenza vaccination at your own expense

If you’re not

  • a social and healthcare student or
  • don’t belong to a risk group

but would like to receive the influenza vaccine, the FSHS can provide you with a vaccine prescription when the influenza vaccinations start. You can then purchase the vaccine at a pharmacy at your own expense.

Where can you get the vaccination?

Higher education students can receive the influenza vaccination either at an FSHS service unit or at a partner service unit in their study location. In some locations, vaccination events may also be arranged on campus.

Students can visit any FSHS service unit for their vaccination, but partner units will only vaccinate students in higher education studying in these towns.