Central Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
Encyclopedia
Central Norway Pharmaceutical Trust is a health trust
owned by Central Norway Regional Health Authority
that operates four hospital pharmacies
at St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim
, Kristiansund Hospital, Molde Hospital and Ålesund Hospital. The pharmacies are part of the Ditt Apotek
chain and use Norsk Medisinaldepot
as wholesaler. The hospitals in Levanger, Namsos and Orkanger do not use the trust for their pharmacies.
Health Trust
Health trust or HF is a health enterprise owned by one of the four regional health authority in Norway, with responsibility for performing a geographic and/or specialist activities of operations on behalf of the regional health authority. There are 43 HFs in Norway, each led by a board of...
owned by Central Norway Regional Health Authority
Central Norway Regional Health Authority
Central Norway Regional Health Authority is a state-owned Regional Health Authority responsible for operating the hospitals in the counties of Nord-Trøndelag, Sør-Trøndelag and Møre og Romsdal in Norway. Based in Stjørdal, the authority operates five health trusts that operate nine hospitals...
that operates four hospital pharmacies
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
at St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, Kristiansund Hospital, Molde Hospital and Ålesund Hospital. The pharmacies are part of the Ditt Apotek
Ditt Apotek
Ditt Apotek is a chain of 80 pharmacies owned and run by independent pharmacists on franchise from Norsk Medisinaldepot, a subsidiary of Celesio. The chain is the fourth largest, and thus smallest, in Norway. The chain was established in 2001 after the deregulation of the pharmacy market in Norway...
chain and use Norsk Medisinaldepot
Norsk Medisinaldepot
Norsk Medisinaldepot AS is a pharmaceutics and healthcare products wholesaler in Norway. It also operates the pharmacy chains Vitusapotek and the franchise chain Ditt Apotek. NMD is part of the Celesio group and has a total of 220 pharmacies in Norway, including the 31 hospital pharmacies...
as wholesaler. The hospitals in Levanger, Namsos and Orkanger do not use the trust for their pharmacies.