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Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)

Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)

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The Federal Ministry of Health (German: Bundesministerium für Gesundheit), abbreviated BMG, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is the highest German federal government department responsible for health. The ministry is officially located in Bonn and with a second office, which houses the ministry's management, located in Berlin.[2]

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The Ministerial building in Bonn

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History

The Federal Ministry of Health was founded in 1961; in 1969 it was merged with the Federal Ministry for Family and Youth to create the new Federal Ministry for Youth, Family and Health.[citation needed]

In 1991, the Federal Ministry of Health was restored. In 2002, it was expanded to include social affairs and renamed "Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security" (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit und Soziale Sicherung). It was headed by the Federal Minister for Health and Social Security. Its portfolio included one part of the former Federal Ministry of Labour and the Social Order. The other part of the latter was added to the portfolio of the newly created Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour. Under the grand coalition headed by Angela Merkel in 2005, the portfolio reshuffle was reversed and responsibility for social affairs was moved back to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales).[citation needed]

Ministers

Political Party:   CDU   CSU   SPD   Green   FDP

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Responsibilities of the Federal Ministry of Health

See also: Health in Germany
Second office on Friedrichstraße in Berlin

The Federal Ministry of Health is responsible for:

  • maintaining the effectiveness and efficiency of the statutory health insurance and long-term care insurance systems
  • maintaining and enhancing the quality of the health care system
  • strengthening the interests of patients
  • maintaining economic viability and stabilization of contribution levels
  • preventive and prophylactic healthcare
  • the Protection against Infection Act (Infektionsschutzgesetz, or IfSG)
  • establishing guidelines for the manufacture, clinical trial, approval, distribution channels and monitoring of medicines and medical devices. The objectives are:
    • quality, medical efficacy and safety
    • safety of biological medical products such as blood products
  • narcotics and addiction risk prevention
  • prevention, rehabilitation and disability policy
    • medical and occupational rehabilitation
    • disability law
    • providing assistance to the disabled and promoting their interests
  • European and international health policy, including the work of the Federal Government Narcotics Officer and the patients' ombudsman.

Supervisory role

The Federal Ministry of Health is responsible for the comprehensive[3] (disciplinary) supervision of the following governmental institutions:

The Federal Ministry of Health is also responsible for the non-disciplinary supervision[4] of

  • the German Federal (Social) Insurance Authority (Bundesversicherungsamt).

and the legal supervision[5] of the umbrella organizations of the statutory health insurance schemes.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Bundeshaushalt". www.bundeshaushalt.de. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    Federal Ministry of Health Official website (in English) retrieved 1 June 2012
  3. [3]
    Fach- und Dienstaufsicht, includes review of decisions and behavior of staff of those institutions
  4. [4]
    Fachaufsicht, includes review of decisions of staff of those institutions (not merely their legality)
  5. [5]
    Rechtsaufsicht, includes review of legality of actions of those institutions
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