Norway prepares to pump 6.3 billion kroner into hospitals next year
In the state budget proposal for 2021, the government proposes a one-off NOK 3.7 billion allocation to hospitals in Norway. Furthermore, it also plans to…
Bent Høie
Norway secures 5 million rapid coronavirus tests
Norway is acquiring a new tool in the fight against the coronavirus – a total of five million rapid tests, Minister of Health Bent Høie…
Norway allocates an extra 20 million kroner to strengthen WHO
The Norwegian government plans to allocate NOK 20 million beyond its usual contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO). “The pandemic has shown us the…
Norway sets aside 60 million kroner for a permanent ambulance helicopter base in Kirkenes
In next year’s state budget, the Norwegian government proposes to allocate NOK 60 million for a permanent ambulance helicopter in Kirkenes. This is the first…
Norwegian Health Minister disagrees with Trump: “I worry about COVID-19 every hour of every day”
Health Minister Bent Høie (H) disagrees with President Donald Trump’s statement that there is no need to fear the coronavirus. At a press conference on…
Norway has a new corona strategy. Here are the details
The time of intrusive national anti-coronavirus measures is over. Instead, the infection will be controlled locally. However, the one-meter-distance rule still applies. For several months,…
Health Minister calls out capital over corona outbreak: “Oslo must take on responsibility”
On Monday evening, 19 municipalities around Oslo will participate in an emergency meeting with Minister of Health Bent Høie (H) after the recent infection developments…
Norwegian government to discontinue infection control app and try new solution
The Norwegian government is discontinuing the project of its Smittestopp coronavirus infection control application. Instead, it will develop a new solution based on Apple and Google’s…
Norway allocates 170 million kroner to boost mental health of children and young people
The Norwegian government wants to strengthen investments in children’s and young people’s mental health by NOK 170 million in next year’s state budget. Minister of…
Authorities have a request for Norwegians this autumn: “Travel to the mountain or the cabin – stay safe”
This spring, a cabin ban was introduced in Norway. However, ahead of the autumn holidays, Norway’s approach is quite the opposite. The authorities and health…
Høie becomes County Governor in Rogaland
Bent Høie becomes County Governor in Rogaland Minister of Health, Bent Høie (Conservatives), becomes County Governor in Rogaland. Else-May Botten (Labour) becomes County Governor in…
Threats must have consequences, according to Høie
Threats must have consequences, according to Minister Høie Minister of Health, Bent Høie (Conservatives), says that the management in Helse Nord (Health North Norway) has…
Labour secures majority for emergency surgery in Odda
Labour supports saving emergency surgery Labour (Ap) supports saving emergency surgery in Odda. There is a now a majority in the Parliament to dismiss the…
Høie says no to egg donation
Health Minister Bent Høie will not allow egg donation in Norway. He will also expose the Conservatives’ handling the case, according to VG. – We…
Drug use is a health issue
This week the world has gathered in New York during the UN’s Special Session on drugs (UNGASS2016), to discuss the way forward on drug policy….
