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  1. Services to families Services aimed at families support parents or other guardians in their efforts to ensure the well-being and good upbringing of children. Early childhood education and care Finnish early childhood education and care combines ed...
    https://stm.fi/en/services-to-families
  2. Social services The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is responsible for Finland’s social policy and prepares legislation on social welfare. Social welfare covers promoting social security and wellbeing and taking care of social welfare duties...
    https://stm.fi/en/social-services
  3. Palvelureformilla uudistetaan sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon sisältöjä koskeva lainsäädäntö sekä siihen liittyvä ohjaus vastaamaan nykyisiä sote-rakenteita ja valtakunnallisia sote-tavoitteita. Palvelureformi toteuttaa pääministeri Petteri Orpon hallitusohjelmaa. Valmistelusta vastaa sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM098:00/2023
  4. Wellbeing services counties will be responsible for organising health, social and rescue services Wellbeing services counties will be responsible for organising healthcare, social welfare and rescue services in Finland. There are 21 wellbeing serv...
    https://stm.fi/en/wellbeing-services-counties
  5. Health and social services for people arriving from Ukraine On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a military attack against Ukraine. Finland is committed to helping people who have fled the war in Ukraine to Finland, also with respect to healthcare...
    https://stm.fi/en/health-and-social-services-for-people-arriving-from-ukraine
  6. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is preparing regulation on service choices in both healthcare and social welfare.
    https://stm.fi/en/defining-the-principles-for-service-choices-in-healthcare-and-social-welfare
  7. 15.1.2026 | In the first stage, the general social security benefit will be a new social security benefit for unemployed jobseekers, replacing the existing labour market subsidy and basic unemployment allowance. The legislation on the general social security benefit is scheduled to enter into force on 1 May 2026.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/new-general-social-security-benefit-to-replace-labour-market-subsidy-and-basic-unemployment-allowance-as-from-1-may-2026
  8. 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
  9. 14.4.2026 | Sosiaaliturvakomitean arviointi- ja selvitysryhmä Selvitys yhdestä perusturvaetuudesta Näkökulmina rahoitus ja suhde ansioturvaan SOSIAALITURVAKOMITEAN JULKAISUJA 2026:1 Selvitys yhdestä perusturvaetuudesta Näkökulmina rahoitus ja suhde ansioturva...
    https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/110185332/Selvitys+yhdest%C3%A4+perusturvaetuudesta.pdf/810b1dc8-1ec0-bcfc-8ae9-cf7c309263e8?t=1776169230500
  10. 16.4.2026 | The Government proposes amendments to the Act on Child Home Care Allowances and Private Childcare Allowances. The proposal would implement the Norwegian model for child home care allowance. The proposal seeks to promote the integration and labour market position of women with an immigrant background and to increase the participation of children in early childhood education and care.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/x
  11. 9.4.2026 | The Government is proposing changes aimed at preventing intentional misuse of social security, reducing incorrect social security payments and improving information exchange with Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/government-proposes-measures-to-prevent-benefit-fraud-and-incorrect-payments
  12. Social assistance Shortly Social assistance is a last-resort form of social security that secures the essential livelihood for an individual or a family when they cannot support themselves with other income or assets. It is a means-tested benefit,...
    https://stm.fi/en/income-security/social-assistance
  13. Social security reform Social security will be reformed during the ongoing parliamentary term through government projects and the work of the Social Security Committee. The aim of the social security reform is to make the social security system sm...
    https://stm.fi/en/social-security-reform
  14. Income security A central feature of welfare and social security is to provide support to people in vulnerable situations. Legislation » Legislation concerning income security. Financial assistance for families with children » There are various fo...
    https://stm.fi/en/income-security
  15. Finnish social security system The Finnish social security system includes benefits and support that protect people’s livelihoods, as well as the provision of health and social services and employment services. Social security provides income secu...
    https://stm.fi/en/finnish-social-security-system
  16. Healthcare and social welfare system and responsibilities Finland’s healthcare and social welfare system is founded on public healthcare and social welfare services funded from tax revenue. Alongside the public sector, private companies provide he...
    https://stm.fi/en/pandemic-preparedness
  17. Working for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health All employment relationships in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health are public-service employment relationships. Public-service employment relationships always adhere to the Public Servan...
    https://stm.fi/en/the-ministry-as-a-workplace/working-for-the-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health
  18. Hospitals and specialised medical care Specialized medical services, including various specialist examinations and treatments, are primarily provided in hospitals, outpatient clinics, and emergency departments. Access to specialised healthcare is ...
    https://stm.fi/en/hospitals-and-specialised-medical-care
  19. Healthcare and social welfare system and responsibilities Finland’s healthcare and social welfare system is founded on public healthcare and social welfare services funded from tax revenue. Alongside the public sector, private companies provide he...
    https://stm.fi/en/social-and-health-services/responsible-agencies
  20. The Ministry The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (MSAH) is one of the 12 ministries in the Government. The Ministry's tasks promote the good health and functional capacity of people promote healthy living and working environments secure suff...
    https://stm.fi/en/ministry
  21. International examples to help Finland create governance model for wellbeing economy 4.12.2025 8.46 The economy of wellbeing offers tools for policy makers to secure the preconditions for a good life both for the current population and future gene...
    https://stm.fi/en/columns
  22. The centres of excellence on social welfare bring together wellbeing services counties, research institutes, educational establishments, organisations and other bodies in their area to promote cooperation.
    https://stm.fi/en/centres-of-excellence-on-social-welfare
  23. Child welfare Shortly The objective of child welfare is to guarantee children’s right to a safe growth environment, development and special protection. The aim is to provide support at the earliest possible stage at schools and maternity and child...
    https://stm.fi/en/social-services/child-welfare
  24. Disability policy promotes equality Disability policy is made up of society’s actions and policies that ensure equal opportunities, rights and services in Finland for persons with disabilities. What are the principles of Finland’s disability polic...
    https://stm.fi/en/disability-policy
  25. Legislation concerning income security The Finnish Constitution guarantees the right of all people living in Finland to Adequate social and health services Basic income security Essential subsistence and care. There is a range of legislation gover...
    https://stm.fi/en/income-security/legislation
  26. Amended legislation on health checks for children and young adults Categories: Publication date: 22.12.2025 The timing and content of health checks at child health clinics and schools, and in student healthcare and oral healthcare will be regulate...
    https://stm.fi/en/press-releases
  27. Nordic cooperation Nordic cooperation involves Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Åland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. The vision of the Nordic countries is to make the Nordic region the most sustainable and integrated region in the wor...
    https://stm.fi/en/international-cooperation/nordic
  28. Occupational safety and wellbeing at work Shortly The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is responsible for legislation, policies and international cooperation related to occupational safety and wellbeing at work in Finland. The aim is to ensur...
    https://stm.fi/en/wellbeing-at-work/data-and-research
  29. fi sv en Overall project description The projects to improve the effective utilization of personalised medicines are linked to former Government’s key project of strengthening competitiveness. In the General Government Fiscal Plan, the Government ...
    https://stm.fi/en/personalized-medicine/overall-project-description
  30. Key areas of participation and inclusion The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health works to strengthen inclusion and social wellbeing and to reduce inequality. Social exclusion and poverty are prevented by strengthening people’s inclusion and abil...
    https://stm.fi/en/participation-key-areas
  31. According to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Decree on the prescription of medicines (1088/2010), special attention must be given to the safety of pharmaceuticals.
    https://stm.fi/en/legislation-steering-and-supervision-cooperation
  32. The Government of Prime Minister Sanna Marin will implement the Future Health and Social Services Centres programme. The programme will develop primary health and social services: their availability will be improved and the services will be coordinated to meet people’s needs
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM012:00/2020
  33. Frequently asked questions concerning child welfare in Finland In Finland, child welfare services are based on the Child Welfare Act (417/2007) and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Finnish Treaty Series 59–60/1991). The Child Welfare ...
    https://stm.fi/en/frequently-asked-questions-concerning-child-welfare-in-finland
  34. 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
  35. Itsehoitolääkkeiden myyntikanavan laajentamista arvioiva työryhmä STM093:00/2024 Development Basic information Completed Project number STM093:00/2024 Case numbers VN/36171/2023 Set by Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Term/schedule 24.1.2024 ...
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM093:00/2024
  36. Data Protection Contact information Data Protection Officer Data Protection Officer Lassi Kauttonen The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Department for Communities and Functional Capacity tietosuojavastaava.stm(at)gov.fi Controller The Minis...
    https://stm.fi/en/data-protection
  37. Frequently asked questions about the Act on Secondary Use of Health and Social Data Usein kysyttyä: The law mentions the primary and secondary use of customer data. What is the difference between these two concepts? The primary use of customer dat...
    https://stm.fi/en/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-act-on-secondary-use-of-health-and-social-data
  38. 17.1.2022 | The Social Security Committee started its preparations for a social security reform by identifying problems in the current social security system and by describing its choices and basic principles. The results of this work are now published in five reports compiled by the committee’s five divisions. 
    https://stm.fi/en/-/reports-on-problems-choices-and-basic-principles-of-finnish-social-security-system-completed
  39. Kansallisen terveydenhuollon menetelmien arvioinnin organisoitumismallin kehittäminen on käynnistynyt tammikuussa 2025. Selvityshankkeessa tuotetaan kolme vaihtoehtoista terveydenhuollon menetelmien arviointitoiminnan organisoitumismallia. Selvityshankkeen loppuraportti valmistuu loppuvuodesta 2025.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM025:00/2025
  40. In accordance with the Government Programme of Prime Minister Orpo's Government, solving the shortage of personnel threatening the availability of services in the welfare society requires both short-term and long-term measures. The Good Work Programme will be launched to ensure the sufficiency and availability of personnel in the health, social services and rescue services sectors.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM100:00/2023
  41. Petteri Orpon hallituksen ohjelman mukaisesti sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon ammattihenkilölainsäädännön kokonaisuudistus toteutetaan osana Hyvän työn ohjelmaa. Uudistus toteutetaan tavalla, jossa ammattioikeuksiin kytketään vain asiakas- ja potilasturvallisuuden kannalta välttämättömät ja oikeasuhtaiset edellytykset.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM096:00/2023
  42. Uudistuksen tavoitteena on muuttaa lainsäädäntöä niin, että asiakkaan ja potilaan itsemääräämisoikeus toteutuu mahdollisimman täysimääräisesti. Samalla tulee jatkuvasti kehittää toimintatapoja, jotta asiakkaan ja potilaan osallisuus lisääntyy ja rajoitustoimenpiteiden käyttö vähenee.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM081:00/2021
  43. Toteutetaan pääministeri Petteri Orpon hallitusohjelmakirjaukset, joiden mukaisesti uudistetaan apteekkisääntelyä vastuullisesti ja asteittain turvaten laadukkaat ja turvalliset apteekkipalvelut koko Suomessa.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM045:00/2025
  44. Healthcare and social welfare for undocumented persons When it comes to the organisation of healthcare and social welfare, it should be noted that there are people residing both legally and illegally in Finland who are usually referred to as undoc...
    https://stm.fi/en/healthcare-and-social-welfare-for-undocumented-persons
  45. Työryhmän tehtävänä on laatia ehdotus lääkkeiden arviointi- ja päätöksentekojärjestelmästä. Lisäksi tulee tehdä ehdotus sairausvakuutuksen lääkekorvausjärjestelmän ehdollista korvattavuutta koskevan sääntelyn kehittämistarpeista. Valmistelutyö tulee yhteensovittaa liittyvän terveydenhuollon menetelmien arviointia koskevan selvityshankkeen kanssa.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM078:00/2024
  46. Hanke jatkaa pitkäjänteistä lääkeasioiden kehittämistä. Tavoitteena on parantaa lääkehoitojen vaikuttavuutta, turvallisuutta ja laatua sekä taloudellisuutta, yhdenvertaisuutta ja saatavuutta. Rakenteellisilla uudistuksilla parannetaan julkisen talouden kestävyyttä, jota tuetaan myös tehostamalla lääkeasioiden tiedonhallintaa ja digitalisaatiota.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM076:00/2024
  47. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö asettaa ohjausryhmän lääketietovarannon kehittämisen ohjaamiseksi toimikaudelle 10.10.2025 - 31.3.2027.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM162:00/2025
  48. Provisions will be laid down on the principles according to which the inclusion of services and methods 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
  49. Pääministeri Orpon hallituksen hallitusohjelman mukaisesti osana sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön asettamaa Hyvän työn ohjelmaa edistetään ammattihenkilöstön mahdollisuuksia kohdentaa työaikaa asiakastyöhön ja vähennetään ammattihenkilöstöltä vaadittavan kirjallisen työn, kuten säädösperäisten lausuntojen ja erilaisten todistusten, määrää.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM077:00/2024
  50. 15.1.2026 | The changes to be made to social assistance will, for example, strengthen the obligations of recipients to apply for full-time work and primary benefits. The overall reform of social assistance aims to clarify the role of social assistance as a last-resort and temporary form of assistance, prevent social exclusion among young people and strengthen general government finances.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/changes-to-social-assistance-to-take-effect-on-1-february-2026
  51. 5.1.2026 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health invites comments on the integration support. The comments should be submitted by 16 February 2026.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/comments-on-the-new-integration-support-are-requested
  52. Osana sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon ammattihenkilölainsäädännön uudistusta kumotaan terveydenhuollon ammattihenkilöistä annetun asetuksen (564/1994) 17 §.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM032:00/2025
  53. Mielenterveyslain mukaista tahdosta riippumatonta hoitoa koskevien lomakkeiden kaavoista ja potilaan itsemääräämisoikeuden rajoittamisen valvonnasta annettuun sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön asetukseen lisätään päätöslomake psyykkisen sairauden lääkehoidosta sekä päivitetään liitteiden 1-5 ja 7 tekstejä useista säädösmuutoksista johtuen.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM075:00/2023
  54. Työryhmän tehtävänä on tehdä ehdotus apteekkitalouden kokonaisuudistuksesta ja apteekkisääntelyn uudistamisesta. Uudistukset voidaan toteuttaa vaiheittain. Hallitusohjelman mukaisesti apteekkisääntelyä ja apteekkitaloutta tulee uudistaa vastuullisesti ja varmistaen laadukkaat ja turvalliset maanlaajuiset apteekkipalvelut Suomessa.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM079:00/2024
  55. Hallituksen esityksessä muutetaan terveydenhuollon ja sosiaalihuollon ammattihenkilölakeja, jotta lainsäädäntö mahdollistaisi Petteri Orpon hallitusohjelman mukaisesti kansainvälisen avun vastaanottamisen ja antamisen sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollossa. Lisäksi toteutetaan tarvittavat tekniset muutokset valtion aluehallinnon uudistuksesta johtuen.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM164:00/2024
  56. Esityksellä toteutettaisiin Kanta-lääkityslistan 3. vaiheen asiakokonaisuuksia. Reseptikeskuksen tietosisältöön ehdotetaan lisättäväksi eräät lääkehoitoon liittyvät merkinnät. Sosiaalihuollon palveluantajien tiedonsaantioikeutta lääkityslistaan laajennettaisiin ja säädettäisiin liittymisvelvollisuudesta reseptikeskukseen.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM099:00/2024
  57. 17.12.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is requesting comments on a draft government proposal that seeks to prevent intentional misuse of social welfare benefits, reduce incorrect social welfare payments and promote information exchange with the Social Insurance Institution (Kela). Statements may be submitted until 28 January 2026.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/call-for-statements-seeking-more-effective-ways-to-prevent-benefit-fraud
  58. Petteri Orpon hallituksen ohjelman mukaisesti sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon ammattihenkilölainsäädännön kokonaisuudistus toteutetaan osana Hyvän työn ohjelmaa. Uudistus toteutetaan tavalla, jossa ammattioikeuksiin kytketään vain asiakas- ja potilasturvallisuuden kannalta välttämättömät ja oikeasuhtaiset edellytykset.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM007:00/2025
  59. 15.6.2020 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of the Interior request comments on the draft government proposal concerning the health and social services reform and the organisation of rescue services from the municipalities and joint municipal authorities of mainland Finland and other parties mentioned in the request for comments. The deadline for submitting comments is 25 September 2020.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/sosiaali-ja-terveydenhuollon-ja-pelastustoimen-jarjestamisen-uudistusta-koske-vat-hallituksen-lakiluonnokset-lausuntokierrokselle
  60. Toteutetaan EU:n eurooppalaista terveystietoaluetta koskevan asetuksen (EHDS) täytäntöönpanon kannalta tarvittavat muutokset sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon asiakastietojen käsittelystä annettuun lakiin (703/2023, asiakastietolaki) sekä siihen liittyviin muihin lakeihin. Samalla tehdään kyseisiin lakeihin eräitä muita välttämättömiä muutoksia.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM108:00/2024
  61. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö on asettanut lääkeasioiden tiekartan toimeenpanon poikkihallinnollisen koordinaatioryhmän.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM118:00/2020
  62. The WHO Pandemic Agreement aims to strengthen international preparedness for pandemics and other public health emergencies.
    https://stm.fi/en/who-pandemic-treaty
  63. 16.3.2023 | The Social Security Committee’s interim report was published on Thursday 16 March 2023. The report includes 31 proposals for reforming social security under future governments and the policy guidelines for the Committee’s work during its second term.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/interim-report-of-social-security-committee-now-published-committee-proposes-harmonisation-and-combination-of-basic-social-security-benefits
  64. 22.9.2025 | The Government has submitted a proposal to Parliament for an act on general social security benefit. In the first stage, the general social security benefit would be a new social security benefit for unemployed jobseekers, replacing labour market subsidy and basic unemployment allowance. The legislation concerning the general social security benefit is scheduled to enter into force on 1 May 2026.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/general-social-security-benefit-is-step-towards-simpler-social-security-system
  65. 22.9.2025 | The Government proposes a comprehensive reform of social assistance. The changes to be made would, for example, strengthen the obligations of recipients to apply for full-time work and primary benefits. The aim is to clarify the role of social assistance as a last-resort and temporary form of assistance, prevent social exclusion among young people and strengthen general government finances.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/comprehensive-reform-of-social-assistance-proceeds-to-parliament
  66. 29.8.2019 | Now people need to wait weeks to see a doctor. Clients are lost in a jungle of services when trying to find the right service. Municipalities’ costs for health and social services cannot be kept under control, which is why municipalities are considering to reduce their basic services.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/sote-uudistus-tehdaan-palvelut-edella-rakenteet-uudistetaan-samalla
  67. Toteutetaan pääministeri Petteri Orpon hallitusohjelmakirjaukset apteekkitalouden kokonaisuudistuksesta. Uudistuksella tavoitellaan 30 miljoonan euron vuosittaisia säästöjä julkiseen talouteen.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM044:00/2025
  68. 5.6.2020 | The Government has finalised the policy outlines for the health and social services reform, on the basis of which preparations for the reform will continue. The aim is to circulate the draft bills on the restructuring of health and social services for comments in June.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/hallitus-linjasi-sote-uudistuksen-valmistelun-lahtokohdat
  69. 8.12.2020 | According to the government proposal, the wellbeing services counties and the City of Helsinki would be responsible for organising rescue services in their respective areas starting at the beginning of 2023. Contract fire brigades could be used to provide these services as at present. The role of central government guidance and direction in rescue services would be strengthened.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/1410869/government-submitted-its-proposal-on-the-organisation-of-rescue-services-for-consideration-by-parliament
  70. 22.9.2025 | The Finnish Government proposes EUR 14.8 billion in appropriations for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and its branch of government for 2026. This is about EUR 0.5 billion less than in the 2025 Budget.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/government-proposal-on-the-budget-proposal-for-the-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health-and-its-branch-of-government-for-2026
  71. 8.12.2020 | The Government proposes that wellbeing services counties be established and healthcare, social welfare and rescue services be reformed. The proposed counties would be established as soon as possible after the passing and approval of the relevant bills. The bills would enter into force in stages, the first ones on 1 July 2021 and the last ones on 1 January 2023. However, Parliament needs to pass the legislative package before the reform can enter into force.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/government-proposal-for-health-and-social-services-reform-and-related-legislation-proceeds-to-parliament
  72. 13.2.2026 | Together Against Cancer – Human-Centred Cancer Prevention and Care National Cancer Strategy 2026–2035 Finland National Cancer Strategy 2026–2035 Contents Summary 3 Strategic objectives 5 Current situation and operating environment 6 Cancer in Finl...
    https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/1329769/National_Cancer_Strategy_2026-2035_Finland.pdf/a29aa994-91bb-2bcd-e90e-a3d3fde32b90?t=1770968783502
  73. 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.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/draft-budget-of-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health-and-its-branch-of-government-for-2026
  74. 15.6.2020 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of the Interior request comments on the draft government proposal concerning the health and social services reform and the organisation of rescue services. The act would lay down provisions on, for example the organisation of rescue services, and the system of management and coordination as well as development and oversight of rescue services.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/1410869/hallituksen-esitysluonnos-pelastustoimen-jarjestamisen-uudistamisesta-lausunnoille
  75. 31.10.2025 | Healthcare and social welfare 2040 vision Views and proposals of Ministry of Social Affairs and Health officials regarding needs for changes to the healthcare and social welfare service system Permanent Secretary Veli-Mikko Niemi In “Healthcare an...
    https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/231157712/Sote2040%20eng.pdf/26d4c5df-a335-da30-7589-cd8e246e225a?t=1761917392011
  76. 13.12.2023 | The parliamentary Social Security Committee will meet for the first time during its second term on Thursday 14 December 2023.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/social-security-committee-starts-second-term-with-focus-on-level-of-social-security-and-responsiveness-of-benefits-and-services-to-different-life-situations
  77. 13.10.2020 | The Ministerial Working Group on Health and Social Services has reviewed the comments received during the consultation round, organised from 15 June to 25 September, on the health and social services reform and outlined policies and made changes to the draft government proposal. The draft bill will be submitted to the Finnish Council of Regulatory Impact Analysis (FCRIA) on 14 October 2020. The Government proposal is due to be submitted to Parliament in early December 2020.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/1410869/government-has-decided-on-changes-to-the-draft-bill-on-organisation-of-rescue-services-based-on-comments-received
  78. 22.12.2022 | Wellbeing services counties will take over the responsibility for organising healthcare, social wel-fare and rescue services from municipalities and joint municipal authorities at the beginning of 2023. Due to this change, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health website at stm.fi will undergo major updates.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/our-website-is-changing-as-new-wellbeing-services-counties-start-operating
  79. 22.9.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has today published three memorandums assessing the combined impacts of the Government’s changes to social security during this parliamentary term. The memorandums focus particularly on the impacts of the comprehensive reform of social assistance.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/memorandums-assessing-combined-impacts-of-government-s-social-security-changes-now-published
  80. Nationellt åldersprogram fram till 2030 För ett ålderskunnigt Finland Principbeslut Statsrådet, Helsingfors 2022 Statsrådet This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohib...
    https://stm.fi/delegate/file/113966
  81. 22.12.2025 | The timing and content of health checks at child health clinics and schools, and in student healthcare and oral healthcare will be regulated in future by government decree. Upper secondary level student health checks and preliminary health examinations for compulsory military service will be combined, and an electronic health questionnaire will be introduced.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/amended-legislation-on-health-checks-for-children-and-young-adults
  82. 5.12.2025 | 1 Classified as ECDC NORMAL Appendix 10 - Country follow-up to ECDC PHEPA recommendations Following the PHEPA mission conducted in your country, the final ECDC assessment report includes a series of recommendations aiming at supporting your countr...
    https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/231157712/National_Action_Plan_2025_Finland_follow_up_ECDC.pdf/800f16d0-fa2a-cba1-acfe-97e6f89a07df?t=1764936667375
  83. Hallituksen esityksessä ehdotetaan parannettavaksi psykiatrisen hoidon tahdosta riippumattoman lääkityksen oikeussuojakeinoja koskevaa sääntelyä ja siten potilaan oikeusturvaa.
    https://stm.fi/en/project?tunnus=STM005:00/2021
  84. 9.4.2026 | 1 ADI-ROM(2025)26 Restricted Strasbourg, 9 March 2026 COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON ROMA AND TRAVELLER1 ISSUES (ADI-ROM) 13th meeting Strasbourg, 1-2 April 2026 Explanatory Memorandum Recommendation to the member States on desegregation and inclusion po...
    https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/0/Explanatory+Memorandum+EN+Recommendation+States+on+desegregation+inclusion+policies+practices+9+March+2026+2756-1481-5763.1.pdf/0d763c6a-963b-02dc-0a76-30ff5dd7566f?t=1775767255229
  85. 22.5.2025 | Ukraine held a Ministerial Social Policy Summit in Lviv on 22 May. The theme of the Summit was ‘Building Resilient Societies: Innovative Solutions for Demographic Change’. The Summit also issued a joint communiqué, in which the participating countries expressed their support for Ukraine and Moldova on their path towards joining the European Union.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/eu-social-affairs-ministers-support-ukraine-s-and-moldova-s-aspirations-for-eu-membership
  86. Regeringens proposition till riksdagen med förslag till lagstiftning om reformering av ansvaret för ordnande och finansiering av ambulanstransporter och transporter som ingår i prehospital akutsjukvård och om ändring av klientavgifter inom social-...
    https://stm.fi/delegate/file/227994
  87. 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.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/budget-proposal-for-the-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health-and-its-administrative-branch-for-2025
  88. 8.12.2016 | Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, will be responsible for granting and payment of basic social assistance from the start of 2017. Supplementary and preventive social assistance will continue to be granted by the municipality. Since both Kela and the municipalities will have jurisdiction regarding social assistance, the application and granting processes will be defined in more detail from the start of 2017.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/perustoimeentulotuen-kela-siirtoon-liittyvat-lainmuutokset-voimaan-1-1-2017
  89. 2.6.2023 | SUOMEN SÄÄDÖSKOKOELMAN SOPIMUS SARJA Julkaistu Helsingissä 31 päivänä toukokuuta 2016 (Suomen säädöskokoelman n:o 398/2016) Valtioneuvoston asetus 27/2016 vammaisten henkilöiden oikeuksista tehdyn yleissopimuksen ja sen valinnaisen pöytäkir- jan v...
    https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/2013549/Vammaisyleissopimus+(1).pdf/bd9b337d-5f6e-8007-c293-05a5f4e14033?t=1685700965083
  90. 11.6.2020 | FINNISH GOVERNMENT | Snellmaninkatu 1 A, Helsinki, PO Box 23, FI-00023 Government, Finland Prime Minister Marin’s Government decides basis for health and social services reform The Government has finalised the policy outlines for the health and so...
    https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/20825107/SOTE-factsheet_EN_004.pdf/77311aa5-d6f9-048a-0235-9ffc8eaf0844?t=1591857842000
  91. 9.5.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health requests comments on a draft government proposal concerning the general social security benefit by 19 June 2025. This is the first stage of the extensive social security reform where different basic social security benefits will be gradually combined into a single general social security benefit.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/general-social-security-benefit-to-simplify-social-security-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health-requests-comments-on-the-first-stage-of-introducing-general-social-security-benefit
  92. 16.5.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health requests comments on the comprehensive reform of the Social Assistance Act by 27 June 2025. The amendments to the Act would strengthen, for example, the obligations of recipients to apply for primary benefits and full-time work. The aim is to reinforce the role of social assistance as a last-resort and temporary form of assistance and to strengthen general government finances.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/comments-requested-on-comprehensive-reform-of-social-assistance
  93. 19.12.2019 | The final report on a separate study concerning possible special arrangements for health and social services in Uusimaa, the Greater Helsinki region or Helsinki proposes that further preparation be based on a model where healthcare and social welfare as well as rescue services would be organised in four autonomous regions and the City of Helsinki. The primary responsibility for organising specialised medical care would also rest with these regions.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/uudenmaan-sote-erillisselvitys-jatkovalmistelu-viiden-alueen-pohjalta
  94. 10.1.2023 | SOSIAALITURVAKOMITEAN JULKAISUJA 2023:1 Vaihtoehtoisten järjestämistapojen selvitystyöryhmä Selvitys sosiaaliturvan vaihtoehtoisista järjestämistavoista Selvitys sosiaaliturvan vaihtoehtoisista järjestämistavoista Vaihtoehtoisten järjestämistapoje...
    https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/110185332/Selvitys+sosiaaliturvan+vaihtoehtoisista+j%C3%A4rjest%C3%A4mistavoista.pdf/0cc10c01-bb0b-f98f-c332-6a37d59f21e3?t=1673341003611
  95. 6.9.2024 | 15 April 2024 Ministry of Social Affairs and Health policy on international and EU cooperation for 2024–2027 The policies of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health on international and EU coopera- tion for 2024–2027 guide the Ministry and its a...
    https://stm.fi/documents/1271139/8596760/Ministry+of+Social+Affairs+and+Health+policy+on+international+and+EU+cooperation+for+2024%E2%80%932027.pdf/fc8e9cbc-5a1e-0709-3595-c00076534c63?t=1725627093909
  96. 19.12.2024 | The Government proposes amendments to the Act on Organising Healthcare and Social Welfare Services concerning preparedness, readiness and incident management in both normal and emergency conditions. The proposal is based on the Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Government.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/government-proposes-legislative-amendments-to-strengthen-preparedness-and-readiness-in-healthcare-and-social-welfare
  97. 22.12.2016 | On 21 December, the Government published a bill concerning the customer's freedom of choice with regard to social and health services, as well as the changes made to the Government's draft proposal on the health, social services and regional government reform after it has been circulated for comments. The legislative package concerning provision of health and social services will go to Parliament...
    https://stm.fi/en/-/ministeri-rehula-valinnanvapaudella-vahvistetaan-perustason-sote-palveluja
  98. 10.1.2023 | Different ways of organising social security have been examined as part of the preparation of the social security reform. The report on alternative ways of organising social security, which was made by a working group consisting of researchers and experts, was published on Tuesday 10 January 2023.
    https://stm.fi/en/-/report-on-alternative-ways-of-organising-social-security-published
  99. 10.12.2025 | En oberoende expertgrupp har gjort en omfattande halvtidsutvärdering av välfärdsområdesreformen, som publicerades den 10 december. Social- och hälsovårdsminister Kaisa Juuso, kommun- och regionminister Anna-Kaisa Ikonen och inrikesminister Mari Rantanen anser att resultaten av halvtidsutvärderingen är viktiga.
    https://stm.fi/sv/-/enligt-ministrarna-som-styr-valfardsomradena-kravs-det-ett-langsiktigt-arbete-for-att-avhjalpa-bristerna-i-genomforandet-av-reformen
  100. 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