Ministers
Minister of Social Affairs and Health
The Minister of Social Affairs and Health Aino-Kaisa Pekonen deals with the following matters:
- health insurance (daily allowances and reimbursements)
- parenthood allowances
- sickness allowances
- reimbursements for medicines
- reimbursements for travel expenses
- health insurance reimbursements
- reimbursements for organising occupational healthcare
- employer’s funds
- unemployment security
- rehabilitation organised by Social Insurance Institution Kela
- pension security
- housing allowance for pensioners
- employment accident, motor liability, patient, life and non-life insurances
- insurance market
- general housing allowance
- maternity grants
- conscript’s allowance
- child benefits
- child home care and private care allowances
- pharmaceutical service
- production, wholesale and retail sale of medicines
- compulsory stockpiling
- medicine reimbursement system
- disability benefits
- labour protection
- Funding Centre for Social Welfare and Health Organisations STEA as well as Veikkaus Oy and its proceeds
- preparedness coordination
Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services
The Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services Krista Kiuru deals with the following matters:
- social welfare
- child welfare
- social welfare and services for persons with disabilities, including interpreter services
- care for alcohol and drug abusers
- services for older persons
- preventive social policy
- health services
- patient safety
- publicly funded pharmacotherapy under the Health Care Act and related pharmaceutical service
- prevention of communicable diseases
- national vaccination programme and vaccine procurement
- free-of-charge treatments under the Communicable Diseases Act and the Client Fees Act
- public health
- mental health
- rehabilitation
- health promotion
- environmental healthcare
- alcohol, drug and tobacco policy
- gambling-related harm
- health protection
- home and leisure accidents
- domestic violence and violence against women
- occupational healthcare, excl. reimbursements
- social assistance
- maternity and child health clinics
- school and student healthcare, school welfare services
- family and parenting support, family social work
- healthcare and social services for families
- sexual and reproductive health
- state reform schools
- wellbeing, inclusion promotion and social exclusion of children and young people
- front veterans’ issues
- farmers’ holiday and stand-in scheme
- central government transfers to local government
Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality Thomas Blomqvist is responsible for equality and non-discrimination matters.
Further information
Päivi Saarimaa, sosiaali- ja terveysministerin sihteeri
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Hallintoyksikkö / HAL, Hallintopalveluryhmä / HALPA Telephone:0295163535
Maria Vanhanen, perhe- ja peruspalveluministerin sihteeri
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Hallintoyksikkö / HAL, Hallintopalveluryhmä / HALPA Telephone:0295163525