Uniform national practices needed in hepatitis C prevention

21.11.2016

There is a need for a Current Care guideline on the treatment of hepatitis C infection. It would contribute to more uniform national practices of diagnostics, treatment assessment, monitoring and...
Minister Mattila to attend the WHO Conference on Health Promotion in China

21.11.2016

The Minister for Social Affairs and Health, Pirkko Mattila, will take part in the World Health Organization’s Global Conference on Health Promotion in Shanghai on the 21st and 22nd of November.
Pirkko Mattila
Official apology to everyone who suffered maltreatment in foster care in the past decades

20.11.2016

On 20 November, Juha Rehula, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services, officially presented a state apology to those who were victim of ill-treatment in child welfare foster care. The apology...
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State-owned STUK International will start operations

17.11.2016

The Government has authorised the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health to establish STUK International Ltd which is a limited liability company wholly owned by the state. The capital of one...
Committee for combating violence against women and domestic violence

17.11.2016

The Committee for combating violence against women and domestic violence will start operating at the beginning of 2017. The matter is related to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and...
Social security agreement with China into force in February 2017

16.11.2016

The bilateral social security agreement between Finland and China will affect the social security of persons moving between these two countries. The agreement will enter into force on 1 February...
The Nordic welfare society amid a whirlwind of changes

14.11.2016

We need new solutions and new ways of action to ensure continued wellbeing and equality in the Nordic countries and across Europe. Demographic change, changes in the economy and working life,...
Juha Rehula
Advisory Board for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will replace the National Council on Disability

4.11.2016

The new Advisory Board for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will start operating in the beginning of next year. The Board will replace the current National Council on Disability. The change...
Children's Rights Day – apologies to people who have been maltreated in substitute care

4.11.2016

Institutions and foster families working for child welfare are responsible to ensure that children placed in care have a good and safe childhood. We know now that this duty has sometimes been...
Juha Rehula
The Government would like to move students within the scope of the general housing allowance

3.11.2016

The Government is proposing that both upper secondary and higher education students be transferred under the general housing allowance. On the other hand, students studying abroad and students...
Kari Paaso to become a presiding officer of WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

2.11.2016

EU states propose Director Kari Paaso for the position of a presiding officer of WHO’s international tobacco convention as the representative of the so called European Region consisting of 51...
Minister Rehula will attend the Nordic Council Session in Copenhagen

2.11.2016

Juha Rehula, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services, will attend the Nordic Council Session in Copenhagen on 2 November. Finland is holding the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers...
Juha Rehula
What are the myths of well-being at work and why they should be busted?

1.11.2016

There is an obstinate myth that well-being at work is a soft issue that merely involves the human resources administration. Is this really the case?
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The reform of 24-hour services creates regional units and reinforces collaboration between healthcare and 24-hour social services

27.10.2016

The Government proposes that the system of 24-hour services in healthcare and social welfare is reformed. The aim is to create larger units for the provision of specialised medical care. Some...
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Finland bans 85 new psychoactive substances

27.10.2016

A Government decree will prohibit the production, import, storage, sale and handing over of 85 new psychoactive substances i.e. NPS, which are currently not monitored. Possession and use of these...
Two new synthetic opioids to Finland’s narcotics list

27.10.2016

Two dangerous, new synthetic opioids used for intoxication (U-47700 and acryloylfentanyl) have been added to Finland's narcotics list. The production, import, storage, sale, handing over as well as...
Human trafficking is a common phenomenon also in the Nordic countries

25.10.2016

The conference organised in Helsinki on 26 October 2016 addresses the common challenges shared by the Nordic countries in combatting human trafficking. Titled Nordic countries - a common market for...
Juha Rehula Paula Risikko
Rational Pharmacotherapy Action Plan promotes the adoption of biosimilars

24.10.2016

As part of the Government's Rational Pharmacotherapy Action Plan, a plan has been drawn up to promote the adoption of biosimilars in Finland. The purpose of this is to reduce the costs arising from...
Ministers Mattila and Vehviläinen: Basic income experiment paves the way to social security for the 2020s

20.10.2016

The Government decided at its session on 20 October to adopt a legislative proposal on a basic income experiment.
Anu Vehviläinen Pirkko Mattila
Legislative proposal on basic income experiment submitted to Parliament

20.10.2016

The Government proposes the implementation of a basic income experiment. The experiment would be carried out in 2017 and 2018, and its aim is to show whether basic income can be used to reform...