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15.6.2026 | At the initiative of Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has launched preparations for a national women’s health strategy. The aim of the strategy is to gather information on women’s health and identify solutions that can promote women’s health, wellbeing and ability to work.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/preparation-of-women-s-health-strategy-begins
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12.2.2026 | The health status of people in Finland is in many respects better than the EU average, and the service system is fairly comprehensive. However, a recent country report by the OECD and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies indicates that access to care is not realised equally in Finland. In 2024, 12.4% of those who required medical care reported that they had not received the services they needed. The share is the second highest in the EU.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/eu-comparison-finland-s-healthcare-system-is-strong-in-many-respects-but-access-to-care-is-not-equally-realised
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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://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/amended-legislation-on-health-checks-for-children-and-young-adults
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22.10.2025 | The gender pay gap has narrowed slowly in Finland. A new research project will produce, for the first time, an extensive long-term economic analysis of the factors that have contributed to the changes in the pay gap.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/research-project-examines-changes-in-gender-pay-gap-over-last-30-years
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22.9.2025 | The Government proposes to update legislation on children and young people’s health checks. Under the proposal, the timing and content of health checks in child health clinics, school and student healthcare, and oral healthcare would in future be regulated in a government decree instead of an act. The health check in student healthcare at upper secondary level would be combined with the pre-conscription health examination, and an electronic health questionnaire would be introduced.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/government-reforms-legislation-on-children-and-young-people-s-health-checks
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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://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/health-technology-assessment-activities-to-be-reformed-to-meet-current-needs-
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21.5.2025 | The employment rate of registered nurses and practical nurses is high, with more than 90 per cent of graduates finding work in the social welfare and health care sector. Unemployed nurses cannot be relied on to respond to the future labour shortage in the sector. People who have sought employment in other sectors represent the most significant resource of unutilised workforce. Some relief can also be provided by pensioners for whom working is increasingly common.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/most-registered-nurses-and-practical-nurses-are-already-working-in-the-social-and-health-care-sector-career-changers-and-pensioners-are-a-possible-extra-reserve
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23.9.2024 | As outlined in the Programme of Petteri Orpo’s Government, the Government will implement a central government productivity programme to support the Government’s objective for sustainable public finances.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/productivity-programme-for-the-administrative-branch-of-the-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health
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25.3.2021 | The latest amendments to the Communicable Diseases Act will clarify the current regulation on compulsory health examinations. In future, people who have or have been exposed to a communicable disease must provide the health authorities with information about themselves. The amendments to the Act that will enter into force on 29 March 2021 will also improve the possibilities of the Border Guard to provide executive assistance.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/amendments-to-communicable-diseases-act-concerning-compulsory-health-examinations-enter-into-force
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26.9.2024 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has launched a study on how society could better support children in challenging divorce situations and custody disputes.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health-launches-study-on-how-to-safeguard-children-s-rights-in-challenging-divorce-situations
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19.2.2021 | The Government has submitted to Parliament a proposal for amending two sections of the Communicable Diseases Act. The amendment to section 16 of the Act concerns the right of the Regional State Administrative Agencies and physicians to decide on compulsory health examinations and the amendment to section 22 concerns the obligation of those who have or have been exposed to a communicable disease to provide information about themselves.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/government-proposal-for-amending-sections-of-communicable-diseases-act-concerning-health-examinations-and-provision-of-information-submitted-to-parliament
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15.5.2023 | The priorities and objectives of the WORK2030 programme responded well to the needs to develop working life, according to an external assessment. The programme supported earlier development work and succeeded in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in particular. The programme played an active role in implementing the ongoing reform of continuous learning at workplaces.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/assessment-report-work2030-programme-succeeded-in-responding-to-changes-in-working-life
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11.5.2023 | The legislative amendment which is currently circulated for comments would ban the sale of nicotine pouches and restrict their import. The nicotine content of pouches on the market is often higher than that of snus (a smokeless oral tobacco product). There can be portion-packed pouches available for sale which contain up to ten times more nicotine than snus.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/nicotine-pouches-are-harmful-to-health-aim-is-to-end-their-use
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3.3.2023 | What prevents young people from receiving timely and effective support for mental health and substance abuse problems? How could social welfare services better support young people dealing with these problems? A Policy Brief published as part of the Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities on 3 March examines the thresholds young people face when seeking mental health and substa...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/report-many-thresholds-prevent-young-people-from-receiving-mental-health-and-substance-abuse-services
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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://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/number-of-patients-receiving-hospital-care-due-to-covid-19-remains-high
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12.12.2022 | The labour market roadmap project provides important information about the problems related to the availability of labour. During the project, employers and employees met in eight sectoral groups to consider proposals for improving the situation. According to them, the transfer of labour from surplus occupations to shortage occupations and from one region to another should be speedier and the services for people moving to work in Finland could be improved.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/labour-market-roadmap-project-examines-labour-bottlenecks-and-proposes-solutions
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7.11.2022 | Finland’s human rights record will be examined in the Universal Periodic Review by the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on 9 November. The review gives UN Member States the opportunity to ask Finland questions about our human rights record and give Finland recommendations. Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will head Finland’s interministerial delegation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-s-human-rights-record-to-be-examined-by-un-human-rights-council
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10.3.2022 | The virus that causes COVID-19 continues to circulate through the population. However, vaccines provide effective protection against severe forms of the disease. It is particularly important that people aged 60 or over and those belonging to risk groups get a third vaccine dose. As the restrictions are eased, the focus will be on people’s own measures to prevent the spread of infections.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/covid-19-continues-to-circulate-through-population-but-vaccines-provide-effective-protection-against-severe-forms-of-disease
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22.2.2022 | The ‘Gender impacts of collective agreements from the perspective of equal pay’ project, which is funded by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, examines collective agreements from the perspective of gender equality. The research focuses particularly on the impact that collective agreements have on the achievement of equal pay.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/research-project-to-examine-gender-impact-of-collective-agreements
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1.11.2022 | This autumn’s Occupational Barometer indicates that the increase in labour shortages has levelled off. At the national level, the Occupational Barometer nevertheless identified 56 shortage occupations out of 200 key occupations.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/occupational-barometer-increase-in-labour-shortages-has-slowed-down-but-health-and-social-services-continue-to-ac-count-for-top-shortage-occupations