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18.5.2026 | The World Health Organization (WHO) will hold its 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva on 18–23 May 2026. Finland’s delegation will be led by Minister of Social Affairs and Health Wille Rydman.

Support and benefits The Finnish social protection system includes various forms of financial support and benefits designed to ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to take part in working life and society in general. Children and parentho...

Work ability programme The aim of the work ability programme was to eliminate obstacles to the employment of people with partial work ability and develop services to support the work ability of people with partial work ability The work ability pro...

8.8.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health proposes appropriations of EUR 14.8 billion for the Ministry and its branch of government for 2026. This is about EUR 475 million less than in the 2025 Budget. The funding of wellbeing services counties is not included in the appropriations for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and its branch of government. Instead, it falls under the main title of the Ministry of Finance.

8.12.2022 | Legislative changes to clarify the implementation of the benefits and to improve equality among recipients and applicants.

7.12.2023 | The 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.

23.9.2024 | The Finnish Government proposes about EUR 15.2 billion in appropriations for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and its administrative branch for 2025. This is about EUR 1.1 billion less than in 2024.

22.12.2023 | The 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 for successful rehabilitation is that people feel they are heard, the doctor-patient relationship works well and people receive individual support.

12.5.2023 | The measures launched during the working capacity programme to create a more inclusive labour market and to employ people with impaired working capacity should be continued and developed further. The employees’ ability to work is an essential factor in the pursuit of a higher employment rate. These are some conclusions of the evaluation report on the recently completed working capacity programme.

26.3.2024 | Finland’s social security reform aims to streamline and simplify the social security system and to introduce more incentives for work. During this parliamentary term, the social security reform will include both government projects and the work of the Social Security Committee.

Reformen av rehabiliteringssystemet Vid social- och hälsovårdsministeriet genomförs en reform av rehabiliteringssystemet i enlighet med regeringsprogrammet för statsminister Marins regering. Hösten 2020 publicerades en handlingsplan för rehabilite...

30.3.2026 | Social- och hälsovårdsministeriet begär utlåtanden om ändringarna i anvisningarna om hjälpmedelstjänsterna för medicinsk rehabilitering. Kvalitetsrekommendationen om hjälpmedelstjänster har ändrats och de delar som gäller grunderna för utlämnande av hjälpmedel för medicinsk rehabilitering har uppdaterats.

16.12.2022 | Otto Köngäs took up his duties as Special Adviser to Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services Krista Kiuru on 16 December 2022. He will be responsible for issues involving alcohol and drugs, mental health, and services for older people and people with disabilities and children and young people.

16.4.2026 | Regeringen föreslår att bestämmelserna om förfaranden i de förmånslagar som Folkpensionsanstalten tillämpar ska förenhetligas och att bestämmelsen om jämkning av arbetslöshetsförmåner ska förtydligas. Syftet med ett enhetligare system för social trygghet är att systemet ska bli enklare och smidigare.

22.11.2024 | I den kompletterande budgetpropositionen för 2025 föreslås tilläggsfinansiering för 8,48 miljoner euro för en statsandel för FPA:s behovsprövade rehabilitering. Totalt uppgår tilläggsfinansieringen till 16,5 miljoner euro. Genom tilläggsfinansieringen svarar man på det ökade behovet.

Arbetslivsprogrammen Programmet för arbetsförmåga Syftet med programmet för arbetsförmåga var att avveckla hinder för partiellt arbetsföras sysselsättning och utveckla tjänster som stöder partiellt arbetsföras arbetsförmåga. Programmet för arbetsf...

Social- och hälsovårdsministeriet har tillsatt en arbetsgrupp för att ta fram en trepartsutredning om hur den psykiska hälsan hos personer i arbetsför ålder kan främjas och behandlas.

4.12.2019 | Tax-funded pensions of people receiving a small pension will be subject to a general increase and an index increase as of 1 January 2020. The full amount of the national pension will be raised by about EUR 34 and the full amount of the guarantee pension by EUR 50 per month. Approximately 609,000 pensioners with a total pension of less than EUR 1,200–1,300 per month will receive at least a small increase in their pension.

RP 124/2024 rd ShUB 12/2024 rd RSv 115/2024 rd Lag om ändring av lagen om Folkpensionsanstalte rehabiliteringsförmåner och rehabiliteringspenniörmåner I enlighet med riksdagens beslut upphävs i lagen om Folkpensionsanstalte rehabiliteringsförmåner...

4.12.2019 | Perusturvaetuuksiin eli vähimmäismääräiseen kuntoutusrahaan, sairaus- ja vanhempainpäivärahaan sekä työttömyysturvan peruspäivärahaan ja työmarkkinatukeen tehdään tasokorotus 1.1.2020 alkaen. Korotuksen määrä on 20 euroa kuukaudessa.