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  1. 24.7.2024 | An informal meeting of EU health ministers will be held on 24 and 25 July 2024. Finland will be represented in the meeting by Annakaisa Iivari, Director General at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/cardiovascular-health-and-organ-donation-and-transplantation-on-the-agenda-of-informal-meeting-of-health-ministers
  2. Open positions and the Ministry as a workplace On this page Open positions Trainee positions at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health The Ministry as a workplace Service relationship, working hours, pay, and general collective agreements Well-...
    https://stm.fi/en/open-positions-and-the-ministry-as-a-workplace
  3. Mental Health at Work Programme The Mental Health at Work Programme (2021–2022) was led and coordinated by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, and it was part of the implementation of the National Mental Health Strategy and the Programme of...
    https://stm.fi/en/mental-health-at-work-programme1
  4. Implementation of sensible pharmacotherapy Service organisers are responsible for ensuring that residents have access to the necessary social and health care services. It is essential for service organisers and providers to ensure the implementati...
    https://stm.fi/en/rational-pharmacotherapy/implementation-of-sensible-pharmacotherapy
  5. 17.9.2020 | The Government has submitted a proposal to Parliament regarding the reform of the Act on Client Charges in Health and Social Services. According to the proposal, more cost-free services will be introduced and client charges made more equitable. 
    https://stm.fi/en/-/proposal-for-reforming-act-on-client-charges-in-health-and-social-services-to-parliament-more-cost-free-health-and-social-services-
  6. 1.10.2025 | Vid mötet i kommittén för social trygghet den 1 oktober 2025 diskuterade deltagarna målen för den sociala tryggheten för barn och barnfamiljer samt framtidens barnbidragssystem. Deltagarna behandlade också de preliminära riktlinjerna och förslagen i slutbetänkandet som ges ut i slutet av 2026.
    https://stm.fi/sv/-/pa-vilket-satt-ska-den-sociala-tryggheten-for-barn-och-barnfamiljer-reformeras-kommitten-for-social-trygghet-har-diskuterat-utvecklingen-av-den-sociala-tryggheten-for-familjer
  7. The national health and wellbeing programme seeks to reduce the wellbeing deficit and disease burden caused by the principal chronic diseases and conditions and their risk factors, to boost working and functional capacity, and to minimise disparities between population groups due to issues of health and wellbeing.
    https://stm.fi/en/national-health-and-wellbeing-programme
  8. 15.10.2025 | Social- och hälsovårdsministeriet har inlett en utredning om nuläge, behov och genomförandealternativ när det gäller hur interventioner bedöms och vilka evidensbaserade rekommendationer som används inom socialvården. Utredningen blir klar sommaren 2026.
    https://stm.fi/sv/-/social-och-halsovardsministeriet-utreder-bedomnings-och-rekommendationsverksamheten-i-fraga-om-interventioner-inom-socialvard
  9. 15.11.2024 | The Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU will hold an informal meeting of the ministers responsible for demography in Budapest on 18 and 19 November 2024. The meeting will exchange views on the basis of background documents prepared by the presidency. No decisions will be made at the informal meeting. Director General Annakaisa Iivari will represent Finland at the meeting.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/informal-ministerial-meeting-to-discuss-intergenerational-solidarity-and-supporting-young-people
  10. Value chain for pharmacotherapy Pharmaceuticals-related development, research and innovations The facilitation of research and development of pharmaceuticals is a requirement for new pharmaceutical innovations. It is characteristic of the pharmace...
    https://stm.fi/en/value-chain-for-pharmacotherapy
  11. Wellbeing services counties on the map Shortly There are 21 wellbeing services counties in Finland, responsible for organizing social and health care services as well as rescue services in their respective areas. The City of Helsinki and the Åland...
    https://stm.fi/en/wellbeing-services-counties-on-the-map1
  12. Responsibilities in preventing domestic and family in the Ministry’s branch of government The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) coordinates the nationwide work to prevent domestic and family violence. It also coordinates the network o...
    https://stm.fi/en/responsibilities-in-preventing-domestic-and-family-violence
  13. Current issues Tiedotteet ja uutiset RSS (Opens New Window) (Opens New Window) New operating models are transforming everyday health and social services with over 600 new ways to serve clients Type: Press release Publication date: 17.8.2026 9.31 N...
    https://stm.fi/ajankohtaista?decisionId=0900908f807f07bc
  14. The principle of organising prenatal screening tests to find out whether the pregnancy is developing normally is that all pregnant women are offered voluntary, free-of-charge, uniform and high-quality screening tests and, when necessary, further tests on an equal basis.
    https://stm.fi/en/prenatal-screening
  15. Electronic services support the pharmacotherapy Medication list as a tool for healthcare professionals A national up-to-date medication list is under preparation. Its benefits will be based on a procedure where all essential structural medication ...
    https://stm.fi/en/rational-pharmacotherapy/digital-services
  16. 19.5.2022 | COVID-19 also spread widely among the older population in early 2022. This led to a rise in the number of COVID-19-related deaths occurring within 30 days of testing positive. However, this trend took a downward turn in late April–early May. Despite the considerable number of infections, the mortality rate among those who have received at least three vaccine doses has clearly remained at a lower level when compared to the rest of the population.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/more-than-half-of-people-aged-80-or-over-have-received-their-fourth-vaccine-dose
  17. 12.9.2024 | Discrimination on grounds of pregnancy is widespread in working life, according to a report commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health from Statistics Finland. One in four pregnant people experience pregnancy discrimination in Finland.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/report-one-in-four-pregnant-people-experience-discrimination-on-grounds-of-pregnancy
  18. Provisions will be laid down on the principles according to which the inclusion of services, methods and and forms of work in the range of services and their removal will be implemented in public healthcare and social welfare. The possibility of enacting provisions on a national actor who can make a binding decision on the inclusion of the method in the range of public services will be investigated.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM113:00/2023
  19. Vera Inspection ICT System The Finnish ICT application Vera is in use in the occupational safety and health administration. In the Vera Inspection ICT System, the inspection report and other enforcement documents are compiled as structured documen...
    https://stm.fi/en/vera-ict-system
  20. 27.11.2024 | The Nordic ministers responsible for gender equality and LGBTI issues met in Stockholm today on 27 November 2024. The meeting discussed, among other things, how gender equality and human rights are weakening globally. Finland was represented at the meeting by Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/nordic-countries-issue-declaration-on-promoting-gender-equality-and-rights-of-sexual-and-gender-minorities