Peace and Hope for Pride

24.6.2024

Throughout the month of June, we are celebrating International Pride Month. The theme of Helsinki Pride this year is ‘Peace and Hope’. We all have the right to peace. We all have the right to hope....
Sanni Grahn-Laasonen
Markus Henriksson to continue as Director General of National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health until end of 2025

20.6.2024

On Thursday 20 June, the Government appointed Markus Henriksson as Director General of the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (Valvira) until the end of 2025.
EU ministers meet: agenda to cover pharmaceutical package, vaccine-preventable cancers and social dimension of the single market

19.6.2024

The EU ministers will meet at the Employment, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Affairs Council in Luxembourg on 20 and 21 June 2024. The items of the ministers' agenda include the social...
Avian influenza vaccine to be offered to people at risk of infection

13.6.2024

Avian influenza vaccines will be offered to people who may be exposed to avian influenza. Vaccinations are scheduled to start as soon as possible.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health requests comments on discontinuation of mediation in domestic violence cases

7.6.2024

The government proposal for discontinuing mediation in cases of domestic violence has proceeded to the consultation stage. The aim of the proposal is to combat, in particular, violence against...
Orpon hallitusohjelma Turvallinen ja kriisinkestävä oikeusvaltio
Negotiations on WHO pandemic treaty extended for a year– agreement reached on amendments to International Health Regulations

6.6.2024

The WHO Member States have agreed to extend negotiations on a pandemic treaty for up to a year. The decision to continue the negotiations was made at the World Health Assembly on 1 June. However,...
Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen to attend WHO’s World Health Assembly in Geneva

27.5.2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) is holding its 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on 27 May–1 June 2024. This is one of the most significant World Health Assembly meetings in years. Finland...
Ministerial working group on sustainable welfare society: Digitalisation is major driver for change in healthcare and social welfare sector

3.5.2024

The strategy for digitalisation and information management in healthcare and social welfare sparked discussion at a meeting of the ministerial working group on a sustainable welfare society. The...
Toimiva ja kestävä hyvinvointiyhteiskunta
More healthcare professionals to be allowed to administer vaccines

25.4.2024

Amendments have been made to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Decree on Vaccinations and to the Government Decree on Voluntary COVID-19 Vaccinations in order to allow dentists, senior...
EU ministerial meeting on healthcare personnel and medicine availability

23.4.2024

The health ministers of the EU Member States will discuss the availability of healthcare personnel and medicines at their informal meeting in Brussels on 23–24 April.
Government session on spending limits agrees on the future of hospital network

16.4.2024

The Government reached an agreement on the future of the network of hospitals and urgent and emergency health services in its spending limits session. It decided that changes would be made to...
Toimiva ja kestävä hyvinvointiyhteiskunta
New Pandemic Preparedness Plan takes account of experiences during COVID-19 era

12.4.2024

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Heath published a revised National Pandemic Preparedness Plan for Healthcare and Social Welfare, which aims to promote health security and combat the effects of...
Social security agreement to be concluded between Finland and Uruguay

10.4.2024

Finland and Uruguay have started negotiations to conclude a social security agreement between the two countries. The purpose of the agreement is to facilitate the operation of Finnish companies in...
Working group to prepare language allowance for labour market support and integration assistance

10.4.2024

On 9 April 2024, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health appointed a working group to prepare a package of measures to facilitate immigrant integration, and a language allowance for inclusion in...
Patients suffering from poor indoor air quality must be listened to carefully and treated as a whole

8.4.2024

The new clinical guidelines provide means for diagnosing, treating and rehabilitating symptoms associated with poor indoor air quality. The basis for successful rehabilitation is that people feel...
Social security reform progresses

26.3.2024

Finland’s social security reform aims to streamline and simplify the social security system and to introduce more incentives for work. During this parliamentary term, the social security reform...
Sosiaaliturvauudistus Hyvinvointi syntyy työstä
WHO pandemic treaty to be negotiated in Geneva on 18–29 March

19.3.2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing a pandemic treaty to improve global pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. The next round of treaty negotiations will be held in Geneva on...
The Government proposes amendments to the Act on the Electronic Processing of Client Data in Healthcare and Social Welfare

14.3.2024

Amendments are proposed to the Act on the Electronic Processing of Client Data in Healthcare and Social Welfare.
Toimiva ja kestävä hyvinvointiyhteiskunta
68th session of UN Commission on the Status of Women to focus on accelerating achievement of gender equality by addressing poverty

8.3.2024

The 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place in New York between 11 and 22 March 2024. Finland will be represented at the session by a broad-based delegation...
Sanni Grahn-Laasonen
Taneli Puumalainen to continue as Director General of the Department for Safety, Security and Health for a fixed term

7.3.2024

On Thursday 7 March 2024, the Government appointed Taneli Puumalainen as Director General of the Department for Safety, Security and Health at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The...