These concerns abour wafting times led to the adoption of a Health Care Guaiantee legislation in 2005 that wovided guidelines on the maximum waiting times for a range of primary care and specialised care services In 2011. Substantial progress was achieved over the past decade in reducing mortality rates for people admitted to hospital for these life-threatening conditions, with the 30-day mortality rate now the lowest among EU countries with available data for ischaemic stroke (Figure 9). This reflects the streamlining of emergency care processes and the provision of better treatments, notably a greater use of thrombolysis for ischaemic strokes. Due to early diagnosis and effective treatments, people in Finland diagnosed with various types of cancer, such as breast, cervical, colon and rectal cancer, have higher survival rates than in most EU countries: (OECD, 2017), and overall mortality from cancer is among the lowest in the EU.