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In future more healthcare professionals would be allowed to administer vaccines – amendments to decrees circulated for comments
28.12.2023The aim is to accelerate and streamline the administration of vaccines and to alleviate the shortage of healthcare personnel. The amendments that are being circulated for comments would allow...
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Symptoms of poor indoor air quality must be treated comprehensively – comments requested on new recommendation
22.12.2023The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is requesting comments on the recommendation for the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of symptoms associated with poor indoor air quality. The basis...
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Teresa Salminen appointed as Special Adviser to Minister Grahn-Laasonen
22.12.2023Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen has invited Teresa Salminen, Master of Social Sciences, to serve as her Special Adviser. Salminen will deputise for Special Adviser Sakari Rokkanen...
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Workshop participants hope to see Communicable Diseases Act treat different sectors on more equal terms
21.12.2023Finland’s communicable diseases legislation is being reformed in 2023–2025. During the reform, a number of thematic workshops will be organised to give the key stakeholders an opportunity to...
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Government supports extending European Disability Card scheme to third-country nationals
14.12.2023The Government supports the Commission’s proposal to extend the scope of the proposal for a Directive establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with...
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Social Security Committee starts second term with focus on level of social security and responsiveness of benefits and services to different life situations
13.12.2023The parliamentary Social Security Committee will meet for the first time during its second term on Thursday 14 December 2023.
Sosiaaliturvauudistus Hyvinvointi syntyy työstä -
Resilient and sustainable health systems for the future on the agenda at Tallinn Health Systems Conference
12.12.2023Estonia and the World Health Organization (WHO) will hold a conference on the development of health systems on 12-13 December 2023, where Finland will be represented by Minister of Social Affairs...
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Finland’s International Gender Equality Prize awarded for humanitarian work among Afghan women
11.12.2023The International Gender Equality Prize was awarded to the Afghan Women Skills Development Center, which works to promote and protect the rights of women in Afghanistan. The organisation does...
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Drawing Lessons from Pioneering Countries for Finland's Well-being Economy Steering Model
11.12.2023A project at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) is working on a proposal for a well-being economy steering model for Finland that would strengthen wellbeing-oriented policymaking in...
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Rehabilitation for disabled veterans’ spouses and widows and for war widows and front-line allowance for foreign volunteer front-line soldiers to continue unchanged in 2024
7.12.2023The Government has issued decrees on rehabilitation for disabled veterans’ spouses and widows and for war widows and on the front-line allowance for foreign volunteer front-line soldiers in 2024.
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COP28 Climate Conference to discuss impacts of climate change on health for the first time
1.12.2023This year, the UN Climate Change Conference, or COP28, will host the first-ever Health Day and climate-health ministerial. The purpose of the thematic day is to highlight how climate change affects...
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Climate crisis is a health and human rights crisis
1.12.2023The International Health Organization WHO has stated that climate change is the single biggest threat facing humanity in the 21st century. According to a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on...
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Strategy for digitalisation and information management in healthcare and social welfare emphasises flexibility
1.12.2023The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has published a strategy for digitalisation and information management in healthcare and social welfare.
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EU health ministers to discuss steps to ensure access to medicines
30.11.2023The EU health ministers will meet in Brussels on Thursday 30 November 2023. The ministers will exchange views on safeguarding the EU’s open strategic autonomy in the field of health, particularly...
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Prescriptions for biological medicines are only valid for one year at a time
29.11.2023At the beginning of 2023, an amendment to the Decree on Prescribing Medicines entered into force whereby prescriptions for all biological medicines are valid for one year. People using biological...
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EU ministers to discuss free movement of persons with disabilities
27.11.2023The EU employment and social affairs ministers will meet in Brussels on 27–28 November to discuss, among other things, the European disability card. Other topics on the agenda include green...
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Amendments made to Articles of International Health Regulations concerning time limits
23.11.2023Amendments have been made to the Articles of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR) concerning the time period within which the States Parties must adopt,...
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Student healthcare fee for higher education students to remain unchanged in 2024
23.11.2023The healthcare fee for students in higher education will be EUR 73.60 and the late-payment fee EUR 5 in 2024. The fee charged for an unattended appointment will be EUR 56.70, i.e. the same as in...
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Minimum staffing level in 24-hour care for older people to remain unchanged until 1 January 2028
23.11.2023The minimum staffing level for care personnel in units providing 24-hour care for older people will rise from the current minimum level of 0.65 employees per client to 0.7 employees per client on 1...
Orpon hallitusohjelma Toimiva ja kestävä hyvinvointiyhteiskunta -
Maximum client fees in healthcare and social welfare to increase by 10 per cent
23.11.2023The maximum amounts of client fees in healthcare and social welfare will increase by 10 per cent from the beginning of 2024. Client fees are adjusted every two years in accordance with the change...