Senior Public Adviser, The National Board of Health and Welfare; Sweden

Iréne Nilsson Carlsson is senior public health adviser at the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden. She is responsible for coordinating the effort to support transition of the Swedish health care system towards a more proximate and patient centred health care services. Support to municipalities in their role as responsible for providing health care is a core of the ongoing work. Iréne has long time experience from public health from the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and has been representing Sweden in many international and EU related boards, policy groups and meetings and as a speaker.