Pihlajalinna Plc announced that the regional council of the wellbeing services county of South Ostrobothnia has decided to terminate the outsourcing agreement of Pihlajalinna's subsidiary Kuusiolinna Terveys Oy valid until 2030 at the end of 2025. They also decided that the cost liability for demanding specialised care will remain with Pihlajalinna until the end of 2025. In the wellbeing services county of SouthOstrobothnia, the interpretation of social and healthcare legislation differ from that of, for example, the wellbeing service counties of Pirkanmaa, Central Finland, and Lapland, where comprehensive outsourcing agreements continue with certain modifications until the end of the contract period.

As an example of this, the cost liability for demanding specialized care has been transferred to the wellbeing service county. Pihlajalinna is disappointed with the decision of the regional council to terminate the contract and believes that the matter requires a comprehensive legal assessment, and the implementation requirements should be negotiated. Pihlajalna owns Kuusiolinna Tervedys together with the wellbeing service county of South Ostrobothni.

PihlajalinNA's share is 97%. The joint company has produced social and wellbeing services for Alavus, Kuortane, Soini and Ahtari municipality areas since 2016. In the last two years, Kuusiolinna T reserveys' annual turnover has been around EUR 100 million per year and adjusted EBITA has been on averaged 1.1%.