Municipalities' investments and outsourcing projects in health and social services are to be restricted on a temporary basis

2.6.2016

Municipalities' and joint municipal authorities' large and long-term outsourcing projects and major investments in the health and social services sector will be restricted through fixed-term...
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Working group: a customer could sign up with the social and health centre of their choice

31.5.2016

According to the working group's proposal, the customer's freedom of choice must be implemented in the following manner: the customer signs up with a social and health centre of their choice that...
Juha Rehula sote-uudistus alueuudistus-arkisto
Minister Rehula meets Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis

26.5.2016

Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services Juha Rehula will meet Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis in Helsinki on Thursday, 26 May.
Juha Rehula
WHO Health Assembly discusses health and sustainable development

23.5.2016

The sixty-ninth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) will take place in Geneva on 23–28 May 2016. Finland's representative at the assembly will be Minister of Family Affairs and Social...
Juha Rehula
Why are the structures of emergency medical care and specialised medical care reformed?

19.5.2016

The structures of emergency medical care and specialised medical care are reformed. The objective of the reforms is to ensure that clients of social welfare and health care services have access to...
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Entry into force of Tobacco Act postponed - sale of electronic cigarettes continues to require marketing authorisation under Medicines Act

19.5.2016

The entry into force of Finland's new Tobacco Act will be postponed by few weeks. According to earlier plans, the Tobacco Act was to enter into force on 20 May 2016, by which date the EU Tobacco...
World Humanitarian Summit brings together world leaders in Istanbul

19.5.2016

The first-ever international humanitarian aid summit, led by the UN, will be held on 23 and 24 May in Istanbul. Prime Minister Juha Sipilä, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Lenita...
Lenita Toivakka Hanna Mäntylä Juha Sipilä
What is The Nordic Region 2020 all about?

13.5.2016

Finland assumed the presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers at the beginning of the year. At the same time the project “An Open and Innovative Nordic Region with Healthy People 2020 – Equal...
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Majority of measures carried out in the Kaste Programme were successful – work to be continued in the key projects

13.5.2016

The project funding granted in the Kaste programme, the National Development Programme for Social Welfare and Health Care, helped municipalities develop service entities that enable children,...
Minister Rehula: Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an important step forward

12.5.2016

Finland ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the accompanying Optional Protocol on 11 May. The Convention and the Protocol will enter into force in Finland on...
Sipilän hallitus Juha Rehula
How will openness as well as transparency in the use of taxpayers’ money be guaranteed in the public healthcare and social welfare companies?

27.4.2016

The Government’s policy line is that public healthcare and social welfare services within the sphere of the customer’s freedom of choice should be corporatised. The reform will come into force on 1...
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Nordic ministers of social affairs and health to discuss challenges with migration

25.4.2016

Social welfare and health care services for asylum seekers and immigrants are a topic of discussion for Nordic ministers. Nearly 250,000 asylum seekers arrived in the Nordic countries last year and...
Juha Rehula Hanna Mäntylä
Fair working conditions at the Council of Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs

18.4.2016

The Informal Council of the EU Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs is held in Amsterdam on 19–24 April 2016. The Finnish representatives at the meeting are Minister of Justice and...
Jari Lindström Hanna Mäntylä
Healthier foods on EU health ministers' agenda

18.4.2016

Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services Juha Rehula will take part in an informal meeting between health ministers in Amsterdam on 17–18 April. This meeting will focus on topics such as how...
Juha Rehula
New report: over 1,000 premature deaths in Finland every year due to air pollution

13.4.2016

Air pollution is estimated to cause some 1,600 premature deaths in Finland every year. Most of the negative health effects of pollution are caused by particles containing harmful substances or...
Will organisations have to corporatise their social welfare and healthcare services?

13.4.2016

The Government outlined the social welfare and healthcare reform strategies in more detail on 5 April. According to the strategy guidelines, customers’ freedom of choice requires that public...
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National Cancer Centre will promote patient equality

12.4.2016

Establishing a National Cancer Centre took a major step forward on April 5, 2016 with the Government’s decision to provide funding for this purpose during the next four years. A working group...
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Government wants to ban smoking in cars with children

7.4.2016

The Government has issued a proposal to supplement its proposal for a Tobacco Act submitted to Parliament in February. This proposal would ban smoking in cars with children under the age of 15. The...
Government outlined healthcare, social welfare and regional government reform package

6.4.2016

Based on the negotiations and preparatory work carried out by the ministerial working group on reforms, the Government has agreed on further policy outlines on the healthcare and social welfare...
Juha Rehula Hanna Mäntylä
First phase of digitalisation in occupational safety and health enforcement completed successfully

18.3.2016

The final report of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health’s Valtimo project has been completed. The project developed digital tools for occupational safety and health (OSH) enforcement, and for...