5,500 patients admitted to mental health hospital care in 2017
A total of 5,500 patients were sectioned into mental health care a total of 7,700 times in 2017.The figure is stable, but is a slight…
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Nine patients infected with norovirus at nursing home in Bergen
Nine people are infected with norovirus and have suffered from sickness at the Bergen’s Red Cross nursing home. Several departments are closed. ‘’We have implemented…
The Norwegian state paid over one billion for mistreatment of patients last year
Through Norwegian Patient Injury Compensation (NPE), the state paid out more than NOK 1 billion after failures at Norwegian hospitals last year. This is an…
The Queen visited Emma and other patients
The Queen visited Emma and other patients Queen Sonja brought gingerbread cookies when she went to Ullevål Hospital in Oslo to meet some of the…
355 patients unnecessarily operated on
In the last five years, Norwegian Patient Injury Compensation (NPE) has paid almost NOK 140 million to Norwegian patients who should never have been operated….
Over 17 million kroner to patients receiving treatment to the wrong part of the body
It happens occasionally that the dentist pulls the wrong tooth, and that the surgeon operates on the good eye. Since 2012, unfortunate patients have received…
Many cancer patients are not offered relief treatment
Many incurably sick cancer patients are not offered relief therapy shows a new doctoral degree from the Cancer Registry. Nearly four out of ten…
One in three breast cancer patients doesn’t need chemotherapy
A third of breast cancer patients do not need chemotherapy according to a new American study. In Norway, the treatment is over diagnosed to many…
POLICE: Night Nurse Attacked Patients
Police have arrested a middle age nurse who admits poisoning at least 4 elderly patients at a Bergen municipal nursing home. Officials were first notified…
One in three young nurses experience harassment from patients
More than every third of every nurse under the age of 30 say they have experienced harassment or abuse from patients and users last year, shows…
Nearly 6,500 patients have used free treatment options
Approximately 6,500 patients have taken advantage of the free treatment option. The service has been among Høyre’s (H) top ten policies. ‘It is very…
ESA: Norway does not comply with rights for patients
ESA: Norway does not comply with EEA rights for hospital patients Norwegian authorities violate EEA rules by making it difficult for Norwegians to apply for…
Hepatitis C patient’s long waiting time for treatment due to ‘immorally high’ priced medicine
Many Norwegian hepatitis C patients must wait a long time for treatment. One reason is the cost of expensive medicine due to a monopoly situation,…
Shorter waiting times for patients, according to the Government
– 14 days shorter waiting time for patients, according to a press release from the Government. Norwegian patients are waiting ever shorter for hospital treatment,…
Patients lose rights to treatment when doctors make errors
Patients may disappear off waiting lists, and lose their right to treatment if the doctor ignores a field journal. The new Patient Rights Bill of…
Doctor lost lawsuit after she denied patients UID
Historic ruling in Norway. The doctor, Katarzyna Jachimowicz, was fired after refuse to insert the birth control IUD (Intrauterine Device) for women. The IUD is…
More complaints from patients and greater compensation payouts
After 20 years, the number of complaints to the Norwegian System of Patient Injury Compensation (pasientskadeerstatning – NPE) quadrupled. By this year’s end, the figure…
Healthcare feedback system to be created soon
It takes a lot for patients choose to complain about health care. Now the Consumer Council is making it easier to do. – Patients need…
Experts: Diabetes patients are not monitored enough
Every year, hundreds of Norwegians have their feet amputated due to diabetes, and many also fear losing their sight. Nevertheless , health professionals omit to…
17,000 patients consigned to the corridor in four months
Despite Health Minister Bent Høies’ goal of zero “corridor patients” in 2016, over 17,000 patients have had to settle for a bed in a corridor…