The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs of Sweden is responsible for social security policies, which include: financial security, social services, health care, strengthening the health and rights of children and persons with disabilities.
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The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs has about 200 employees. About 20 of them are political appointees. The ministry is headed by the Minister of Health and Social Affairs, currently Goran Hagglund. Two more ministers work in the ministry: Minister for the Elderly and Public Health, Maria Larsson and Minister of Social Security, Christina Husmark.
Agencies
- Medical Agency of Medicines
- Swedish National Medical Liability Council
- Swedish National Pharmaceutical Council
- Swedish National Special Pedagogical Correctional Support Agency
- Swedish National Adoption Council
- Swedish National Council for Health and Welfare
- Swedish National Board of Care
- Swedish National Institute of Social Psychological Medicine
- Swedish National Institute of Public Health
- Swedish National Social Security Council
- General Directorate of Social Insurance
- Swedish Ombudsman for Children
- Swedish Disability Ombudsman
- Swedish Social Insurance Federation
- Swedish Council for Work and Social Research
- Swedish National Council for Health Technology Assessment
- Swedish Infectious Disease Control Institute