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Ministry of Health (Denmark)

Government ministry of Denmark

Field	Value
name	Ministry of Health
native_name	Indenrigs- og Sundhedsministeriet
image	Ministerialbygningen København.jpg
image_caption	Headquarters of the Danish ministry at Slotsholmsgade 10-12
jurisdiction	Denmark
minister1_name	Sophie Løhde
website

The Danish Ministry of Health () is a Danish governmental ministry responsible for healthcare policy in Denmark. First created as an independent ministry in 1926, it has at various times been combined with the Ministry of the Interior as the Ministry of Interior and Health, most recently in 2022-, and has had various names. The current Minister for Health is Sophie Løhde, and the Permanent Secretary since 11 January 2021 is Svend Særkjær.

Responsibilities

The ministry oversees all aspects of healthcare in Denmark, including hospitals, medical treatments, dispensaries, patient rights, healthcare data collection and medical and research ethics.

History

The ministry was first created in 1926, and since then has several times been merged with the Ministry of the Interior and re-established under various official names. In modern times it was first re-established in September 1987, with responsibilities drawn in part from other ministries, including oversight over foodstuffs, anti-narcotics and anti-alcohol efforts, education of medical personnel, and health care in Greenland—some of these were later reassigned—and was recombined with the Ministry of the Interior in November 2001. In November 2007 it again became an independent ministry under the name Ministerium for Sundhed og Forebyggelse (English: Ministry for Health and Prevention), taking on some responsibilities from the Family Ministry, which was dissolved; the Ministry of the Interior, in turn, was merged into a new Ministry of Welfare (Velfærdsministerium). In November 2016, under Lars Løkke Rasmussen's third government, it became a separate ministry once more.

List of ministers

Main article: Minister of Health (Denmark)

References

"The Danish Ministry of Health".
"Ministeriets historie". Sundheds- og Ældreministeriet.
"Ministeriets historie". Sundheds- og Ældreministeriet.
(28 June 2015). "Kongelig resolution af 28. juni 2015". [[Ministry of the State of Denmark.
(28 November 2016). "Here is Denmark's new coalition government". [[The Local]].

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