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Agencies responsible for social and health services

These are the organisations responsible in Finland for the planning, organisation, monitoring and development of social and health services. If clients and patients using these services are dissatisfied with them, there are various appeals and complaints procedures they can pursue.

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

Regional administration

Private sector

Ministry
Prepares legislation and guides its implementation.

Agencies and institutes

In charge of the research and development, licensing and oversight tasks of the administrative sector:

National Institute for Health and Welfare
Finnish Medicines Agency 
  National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health 
Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority Financial Supervisory Authority 
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Regional State Administrative Agencies

Promote service development, and assess service availability and quality.

Regional State Administrative Agencies

Occupational Health and Safety
Oversee working practices.

Occupational Health and Safety

Municipalities
Responsible for implementing services.

Finnish local government

Social welfare centres of expertise
Deal with maintaining standards regionally.

Private service providers
Comprise NGOs, companies, parishes and other bodies, which organise services either for procurement by municipalities or voluntarily.

 

 Administrative sector and cooperating agencies

14.04.2011
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