# HUS year 2022 Keywords: ## Annual report 2022 In 2022, nearly 700,000 patients were treated at our hospitals. The year under review also saw preparations for the health and social services reform that was implemented at the beginning of 2023. Our finances were stretched by the coronavirus pandemic, strikes and personnel availability issues. We trained our supervisors, and employee satisfaction with leadership improved. We pursued multiple approaches to address the personnel shortage issue, including more emphasis on recruitment. The Bridge Hospital–our largest ever construction project–was completed in Meilahti at the end of the year. Our responsibility work progressed, and our climate change roadmap was completed. Come and see what we did at HUS in 2022! ## We are moving in the right direction From the CEO Finances will be of ever greater importance in the new operating environment where HUS now finds itself. Although we still face challenges with the aftereffects of the coronavirus pandemic and the industrial action, my outlook is calm. I believe we are moving in the right direction. For the employee experience, the trend looks good. [ Read our CEO’s review on the year 2022 ](/en/husin-vuosi-2022/husin-vuosi-2022-toimitusjohtajalta)  ## A year of cooperation Review by the Chair of the Executive Board The principal achievement in the year under review was establishing a productive cooperation relationship with the wellbeing services counties and the City of Helsinki. Cooperation is a prerequisite for putting the new strategy into practice. The year 2022 was challenging for a number of reasons. [ Read the review on the year 2022 by the Chair of our Executive Board ](/en/about-us/annual-reports/hus-year-2022/hus-year-2022-review-chair-executive-board-year-cooperation)  ## Health and social services reform and strategy ### How we prepared for the health and social services reform Responsibility for providing health, social and rescue services was transferred from local authorities to the new wellbeing services counties at the beginning of 2023. At HUS, this involved a lot of administrative changes, but patient care continued uninterrupted. [ Read more about preparations for the health and social services reform ](/en/about-us/annual-reports/hus-year-2022/hus-year-2022-we-prepared-health-and-social-services-reform) ### Ambitious strategy goals for the years 2023–2027 We updated our strategy towards the end of 2022, as our operating environment was about to change with the implementation of the health and social services reform. Its vision is “Leading healthcare together”. [ Read more about our new strategy ](/en/about-us/annual-reports/hus-year-2022/hus-year-2022-our-strategy-has-ambitious-goals-years-2023) ## See what we did in 2022 [ Patient care ](/en/husin-vuosi-2022/husin-vuosi-2022-potilashoito)  [ Personnel ](/en/about-us/annual-reports/hus-year-2022/hus-year-2022-personnel)  [ Finances ](/en/about-us/annual-reports/hus-year-2022/hus-year-2022-finances)  [ Research, education and development ](/en/about-us/annual-reports/hus-year-2022/hus-year-2022-research-education-and-development)  [ Responsibility ](/en/about-us/annual-reports/hus-year-2022/hus-year-2022-responsibility)  Updated: 30.03.2023