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  1. 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
  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. 17.6.2025 | Social- och hälsovårdsministeriet har beviljat statsunderstöd till 18 forskningsprojekt i socialt arbete på universitetsnivå. Målet för forskningsprojekten är att stärka genomslagskraften, kvaliteten och klientsäkerheten i fråga om det sociala arbetet och socialvården samt klienternas delaktighet och aktivitet inom socialvården. För 2025 utlystes forskningsfinansiering till ett sammanlagt belopp av 8 miljoner euro.
    https://stm.fi/sv/-/social-och-halsovardsministeriets-beslut-om-finansiering-till-forskningsprojekt-i-socialt-arbete-pa-universitetsniva-2025
  4. Children, youth and families The MSAH is responsible for family policy as well as maintaining and developing the welfare of children, youth and families jointly with other ministries. The MSAH's scope of responsibility is particularly concerned wi...
    https://stm.fi/en/children-youth-families
  5. Legislation concerning children, young people and families Family leaves Family leaves are regulated in the Employment Contracts Act. The Act contains provisions on the rights of parents to take leave for family reasons. Employment Contracts Act 5...
    https://stm.fi/en/children-young-people-and-families
  6. 7.4.2022 | There are still no signs of the COVID-19 epidemic abating in Finland. The total number of patients in specialised healthcare and primary healthcare has remained high since the turn of 2021–2022. Vaccinations continue to provide effective protection against the more serious forms of the disease. It is essential that people take measures to prevent the spread of infections.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/number-of-covid-19-patients-in-hospital-care-remains-high-
  7. 16.9.2024 | A good working life is the cornerstone of society. Ensuring health and safety at work is an important prerequisite for a good working life. The policy for the work environment and wellbeing at work until 2030 entitled ‘Safe and healthy working conditions and work ability for everyone’ defines the objectives and priorities concerning health and safety at work in Finland.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/new-implementation-plan-for-the-policy-for-work-environment-and-wellbeing-at-work-to-support-good-working-life
  8. Gender Equality in working life Equality in working life must be promoted particularly in pay, working conditions, terms of employment, recruitment, career development, and reconciliation of work and family life. The Gender Equality Act obliges em...
    https://stm.fi/en/gender-equality-in-workin-life
  9. 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
  10. The Committee for Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (NAPE) is the coordination body required under the Council of Europe Convention (Finnish Treaty Series 53/2015, the so‑called Istanbul Convention), responsible for the coordination, monitoring and impact assessment of the measures necessary for the Convention’s implementation. [This is a machine translation, we do not guarantee the quality and accuracy of the translations produced.]
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM005:00/2025
  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. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 16.6.2025 |  Finland will reform and strengthen its health technology assessment (HTA) activities. As part of the reform, the expertise and resources concerning HTA activities will be pooled into a single competence cluster. 
    https://stm.fi/en/-/health-technology-assessment-activities-to-be-reformed-to-meet-current-needs-
  17. NAPE – Committee for Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence The Committee for Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (NAPE) is responsible for the coordination,monitoring and evaluation of the measures required unde...
    https://stm.fi/en/nape1
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. The Advisory Board for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the national coordinating mechanism for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Its function is to promote national implementation of the Convention and to take into account the rights of persons with disabilities in all aspects of government. The Board operates under Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. It consi...
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM035:00/2023
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 10.1.2024 | In the first phase of the national health and wellbeing programme Terveydeksi (‘To Your Health’), concrete measures will be selected based on scientific expertise. The implementation of the measures in the second phase will start in autumn 2024. 
    https://stm.fi/en/-/national-health-and-wellbeing-programme-to-be-launched
  25. 26.9.2024 | Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen will attend a High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance in New York on 26 September 2024. Minister Grahn-Laasonen will deliver Finland’s address at the meeting, highlighting as a new theme the importance of the gender perspective in comprehensive antimicrobial resistance prevention.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/un-general-assembly-in-new-york-finland-to-attend-high-level-meeting-on-antimicrobial-resistance
  26. 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. 
    https://stm.fi/en/-/eu-ministerial-meeting-on-healthcare-personnel-and-medicine-availability
  27. 12.10.2020 | Work may not compromise the health and safety of employees. There is no ambiguity in this respect. However, it is a challenging objective to reach in a rapidly changing world of work.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/paivi-mattila-wiro-and-wiking-husberg-technostress-and-personal-data-protection-risks-new-challenges-for-occupational-safety-and-health
  28. 3.3.2022 | It is recommended that everyone aged 18 years or over take a third vaccine dose. Although the restrictions imposed due to COVID-19 have been eased, it is still important for people to stay at home when ill, to wear a mask in public indoor spaces and to practise good hand hygiene.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/number-of-patients-receiving-hospital-care-due-to-covid-19-remains-high
  29. The Government appointed a parliamentary monitoring group to support the legislative drafting project launched by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health to lay down the principles for the national choice of effective services and methods. [This is a machine translation, we do not guarantee the quality and accuracy of the translations produced.]
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM011:00/2025
  30. 3.2.2022 | It is particularly important that people aged 60 or over and those belonging to risk groups get a third vaccine dose.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/need-for-intensive-care-due-to-covid-19-clearly-declining-in-finland
  31. 15.7.2021 | A total of 1,651 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Finland between 5 and 11 July. The number of cases has been increasing for the past three weeks. About 540 new cases were reported in the middle of June (14–20 June), after which the number of cases has approximately tripled.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/many-new-covid-19-cases-reported-among-young-adults-visiting-bars-restaurants-and-social-events-burden-on-hospitals-remains-moderate-
  32. 17.2.2022 | Koronaepidemia on tasaantunut parin viimeisen viikon aikana. Sairaalahoidon tarve on pysynyt tasaisen korkealla tasolla ja tehohoidon kuormitus samalla tasolla kuin viime viikolla. Kolmansien rokoteannosten ottamista suositellaan kaikille 18 vuotta täyttäneille, mutta erityisen tärkeää se on riskiryhmille ja 60 vuotta täyttäneille. Rajoitusten keventyessä korostuvat ihmisten omaehtoiset toimet tartuntojen leviämisen estämiseksi.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/covid-19-epidemic-stabilising-need-for-hospital-care-still-high
  33. 28.3.2025 | Man har beslutat att reformera lagstiftningen om yrkesutbildade personer inom social- och hälsovården. Reformarbetet delas upp i två faser. I den första fasen gör man utredningar och samlar in information för kunskapsunderlaget som stöd för beredningen av reformen. Det görs också vissa ändringar i lagar och förordningar för att snabbt och effektivt kunna avveckla normer och genomföra åtgärderna i regeringsprogrammet.
    https://stm.fi/sv/-/lagstiftningen-om-yrkesutbildade-personer-inom-social-och-halsovarden-reformeras-stegvis
  34. 21.4.2022 | The number of COVID-19 patients in specialised and primary healthcare has decreased slightly. Vaccinations continue to provide effective protection against the more serious forms of the disease. A fourth vaccine dose is recommended for people aged 12 or over who have a severely weakened immune system, people aged 80 or over and all older people living in residential care homes.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/less-than-half-of-those-aged-80-or-over-with-three-vaccinations-against-covid-19-have-received-fourth-dose-particularly-older-people-require-hospital-care
  35. 24.3.2022 | The COVID-19 epidemic in Finland shows no signs of abating, although there is some regional variation in the intensity of the epidemic. The epidemic continues to put a strain on hospital care capacity. The need for intensive care has remained unchanged. Vaccinations continue to provide effective protection against the most serious forms of COVID-19. As the restrictions have been eased, the focus is now on people’s own measures to prevent the spread of infections.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/number-of-patients-receiving-hospital-care-due-to-covid-19-remains-high-focus-on-people-s-own-measures-to-prevent-spread-of-infections
  36. 27.1.2022 | The estimated weekly total of COVID-19 cases was 52,000 in Finland between 17 and 23 January, compared to 57,000 in the previous week. Despite a fall in the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care, the burden on other specialised healthcare has remained unchanged at the national level. It is particularly important that people aged 60 or over and those belonging to risk groups get a third vaccine dose.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/weekly-total-of-new-covid-19-cases-52-000-in-finland-need-for-intensive-care-declining
  37. 24.4.2025 | Yrkesutbildade personer inom hälso- och sjukvården i landskapet Nyland ska med iakttagande av patientens dataskydd också i fortsättningen ha åtkomst till uppgifter som är väsentliga för patientsäkerheten.
    https://stm.fi/sv/-/yrkesutbildade-personer-inom-social-och-halsovarden-har-atkomst-till-patientuppgifter-i-nyland-aven-i-fortsattningen-
  38. 26.10.2020 | As part of the preparation of the health and social services reform, an exercise will be carried out to establish cooperation between the central government and the future wellbeing services counties. This will be done during the negotiations designed to provide the counties with guidance and direction. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health will hold the negotiations with the counties between 27 October and 4 December.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/negotiations-start-between-counties-and-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health-exercise-now-includes-negotiations-with-collaborative-catchment-areas
  39. 29.1.2024 | A recent report compares Finns’ state of health and Finnish health services with other EU states and Nordic countries. Released by the European Commission, focus areas of the report include the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and mental health. Although Finland does well in many respects, there are challenges especially in the availability of health services.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/european-comparison-finns-health-is-relatively-good-long-wait-times-worsen-access-to-health-services
  40. 14.4.2025 | Social- och hälsovårdsministeriet har sammanställt intressegruppernas synpunkter på principerna för tjänsteutbudet inom social- och hälsovården. Intressegrupperna tror att principerna förbättrar transparensen och rättvisan i beslutsfattandet och den regionala jämlikheten när det gäller tillgången till tjänster.
    https://stm.fi/sv/-/vi-har-hort-intressegrupper-om-principerna-for-tjansteutbudet-inom-social-och-halsovarden