Federal Ministry of Health

Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
Agency overview
Formed	1961
Jurisdiction	Government of Germany
Headquarters	Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Minister responsible	Karl Lauterbach , Bundesminister für Gesundheit
Website	www.bmg.bund.de/

The Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) is a Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ministry's headquarters are still in Bonn and the second office is in Berlin.

History

The Federal Ministry of Health Services (German: Bundesministerium für Gesundheitswesen) was formed in 1961. Between 1969 and 1991 it was part of the Federal Ministry of Youth, Family, and Health or Youth, Family, Women and Health

It became independent again as the Federal Ministry of Health in 1991. In 2002 it took over control of Social Security, but the in Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security (German: Bundesministerium für Gesundheit und Soziale Sicherung) only lasted for three years. In 2005 it was reduced to just health, and the Social security part of its work went to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (German: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales)

Ministers

Jobs of the BMG

Some of the jobs of the federal Ministry of Health are:

• Keeping efficient the
  • legal health insurance system
  • nursing insurance system
• Protecting and improving the quality of the health service
• Protecting the interests of the patients
• Keeping membership rates
• Promote good health and prevention, including
• :Infection protection law

Other agencies

The BMG oversees:

• Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Products (German: Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte)(BfArM) in Bonn
• Federal Centre for Health Education (German: Bundeszentrale für Gesundlichheit Aufklärung)(BZgA) in Cologne
• German institute for medical documentation and information (German: Deutsches Institut für medizinische Dokumentation und Information) (DIMDI) in Cologne
• Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (Pei), (Federal Office of Serums and vaccines) (German: Bundesamt für Sera und Impfstoffe)in Langen (Hesse.)
• Robert Koch-Institut (RKI) in Berlin

Other health ministries

• The European commission deals with health matters through either the health and consumer protection office or the office for occupation, social matters and equal opportunities
• The state health ministries in Germany are often part of the state Department of Social Security. *In Austrian health is part of the Federal Ministry of Health and Women
• In Switzerland the health department is part of the Ministry of the Interior in Bern.