Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services
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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services (Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet) is a Norwegian
government ministry in charge of health policy, public health
, health care
services and health legislation in Norway.
More specifically the Ministry of Health and Care Services has the superior responsibility for providing the population
with adequate health care services, including health promotion, based upon the principle of equality
and health care services independent of habitation and financial circumstances.
The Minister of Health and Care Services is the head of the Ministry, and its political leader. The position is currently being held by Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
. The Norwegian Board of Health is a national government institution under the Ministry of Health and Care Services.
It also is supreme of the following government agencies
:
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
government ministry in charge of health policy, public health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
, health care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
services and health legislation in Norway.
More specifically the Ministry of Health and Care Services has the superior responsibility for providing the population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
with adequate health care services, including health promotion, based upon the principle of equality
Egalitarianism
Egalitarianism is a trend of thought that favors equality of some sort among moral agents, whether persons or animals. Emphasis is placed upon the fact that equality contains the idea of equity of quality...
and health care services independent of habitation and financial circumstances.
The Minister of Health and Care Services is the head of the Ministry, and its political leader. The position is currently being held by Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
Anne-Grete Hjelle Strøm-Erichsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 2005....
. The Norwegian Board of Health is a national government institution under the Ministry of Health and Care Services.
Subsidiaries
The ministry owns the four regional health authorities in Norway:- Central Norway Regional Health AuthorityCentral Norway Regional Health AuthorityCentral 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...
- Northern Norway Regional Health AuthorityNorthern Norway Regional Health AuthorityNorthern Norway Regional Health Authority is, in population, the smallest of the four Regional Health Authorities in Norway. It covers the counties of Finnmark, Nordland and Troms...
- Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health AuthoritySouthern and Eastern Norway Regional Health AuthoritySouthern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority is the largest of the four Regional Health Authorities in Norway. It covers the counties of Akershus, Aust-Agder, Buskerud, Hedmark, Oppland, Oslo, Telemark, Vest-Agder, Vestfold and Østfold...
- Western Norway Regional Health AuthorityWestern Norway Regional Health AuthorityWestern Norway Regional Health Authority is a state-owned Regional Health Authority responsible for operating the hospitals in the counties of Rogaland, Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane in Norway. Based in Stavanger the authority operates five health trusts that operate nine hospitals...
It also is supreme of the following government agencies
Government agency
A government or state agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types...
:
- Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social AffairsNorwegian Directorate for Health and Social AffairsThe Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs is a specialised directorate for health and social affairs. The Directorate is an integral part of the central administration of health and social affairs in Norway, and is organised under the joint auspices of the Ministry of Health and Care...
- Norwegian Board of Health SupervisionNorwegian Board of Health SupervisionThe Norwegian Board of Health Supervision is a national government institution under the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services. The name was altered from Norwegian Board of Health on 1 January 2007....
- Norwegian Institute of Public HealthNorwegian Institute of Public HealthThe Norwegian Institute of Public Health is a subordinate institution to the Ministry of Health and Care Services....
- Norwegian System of Compensation to Patients
- Norwegian Medicines AgencyNorwegian Medicines AgencyThe Norwegian Medicines Agency is the national, regulatory authority for new and existing medicines and the supply chain. The Agency is responsible for supervising the production, trials and marketing of medicines. It approves medicines and monitors their use, and ensures cost-efficient, effective...
- National Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research
- Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety
- Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority
- Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service
- Norwegian Food Safety AuthorityNorwegian Food Safety AuthorityNorwegian Food Safety Authority is a Norwegian government agency responsible for safe food and drinking water, and works within the fields of human, plant, fish and animal health as well as environmentally friendly production and ethically acceptable farming of animals and fish...
- Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board
- Statens helsepersonellnemnd
- Norwegian Patients' Injury Compensation Board
- Norwegian Governmental Appeal Board regarding medical treatment abroad