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Formed
  
1961

Employees
  
700

Jurisdiction
  
Government of Germany

Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)

Headquarters
  
Rochusstraße 1 53123 Bonn Friedrichstraße 108 10117 Berlin

Minister responsible
  
Hermann Gröhe, Federal Minister of Health

Agency executives
  
Annette Widmann-Mauz, Parliamentary State Secretary Ingrid Fischbach, Parliamentary State Secretary Annette Widmann-Mauz, Permanent State Secretary

The Federal Ministry of Health (German: Bundesministerium für Gesundheit), abbreviated BMG, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its headquarters are located in Bonn with a second major office in Berlin. 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, location in Berlin.

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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.

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). In 2005 it was again reduced to health, and responsibility for social affairs was moved to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales).

Ministers

Political Party:   CDU   CSU   SPD   Green   FDP

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 (disciplinary) supervision of the following governmental institutions:

  • Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (German: Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte, abbreviated BfArM) in Bonn
  • Federal Centre for Health Education (German: Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung, abbreviated BZgA) in Cologne
  • German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information (German: Deutsches Institut für medizinische Dokumentation und Information, abbreviated DIMDI) in Cologne
  • Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI), the Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines in Langen, Hesse
  • Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin

    • The Federal Ministry of Health is also responsible for the non-disciplinary supervision of

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

    • and the legal supervision of the umbrella organizations of the statutory health insurance schemes.

    References

    Federal Ministry of Health (Germany) Wikipedia
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