Norwegian Board of Health Supervision
The Norwegian Central Board of Health (Norwegian: Statens helsetilsyn ) is a national governmental institution that is subordinate to the Ministry of health and care.
State supervision of the health and social services
State regulation in Norway ensures that national laws and regulations are complied with. In the field of social and health services Norway has a comprehensive piece of legislation. It will specify what services the population are at your disposal and what claims will be made on the quality of social and health care services. The laws form the basis for the activities of the certified staff in health and evacuate those rights, take the social and health services claim, including a private right of patients
The supervision covers all determined by the law services that are provided by either public hospitals, municipalities, private providers or self tätigem health personnel. The supervisory authorities are independent of the respective political leadership and best decide which services should be supervised and what topics should include the supervision. This definition, among others, on the basis of information on risks and injury frequency.
The supervisory authorities should be involved in mind that the needs of the population for social and health services will be covered and the services to be performed competently. In addition to a responsible and effective use of resources, the Authority should also prevent a lack of services.
Workspaces
Working area of the central supervisory authority is one area monitoring. The task is to obtain knowledge of social and health services, to systematize and interpret. This knowledge forms the basis for being able to assess the need for coverage and the quality superior.
Another task is the supervision of the individual plants (communities, homes, hospitals ). Be used for this purpose on internationally recognized methodology based system revisions. The companies are analyzed using Dokumentensichtung, survey, inspection and sampling, and the report of the National Board then describes the points at which the ratios differ by law or regulation required level. The regulators take such a difference to the ratios were brought back into conformity with law or regulation. Every year, the Central Office from two to four areas for the nationwide review.
The health supervision in a fylke ( comparable to a German state ) experiences from a variety of sources of a possible impairment in social services, for example, of patients affected, employers, police, mass media. The approximately 2,000 annual cases are examined to determine whether a violation of law or regulation exists. If a fault occurs, the Central Board of Health responds to conditions in the operation or state- approved health personnel to restore the prescribed conditions. The reaction can take the form of a warning, a revocation of prescribing rights for specific medicinal products or of the withdrawal of state approval.
The Central Board of Health also serves as the FIU for medical malpractice, which has led to significant personal injury or could have led to. The hospitals are required by law to report such events.
Another field of work is to investigate complaints about the various services and lack of fulfillment of rights. Every year deals with the supervisory authority at the level of fylke 6000-8000 such actions that are either related to the patients' rights or the law of social services. The patient's right to give the people many rights against the health services. The law includes the right to necessary health assistance, the involvement of a specialist within 30 days, the choice of the hospital, access to and the right to surrender the medical record, participation and information. There are also provisions on special rights for children, consent to health assistance and an individual plan for those who need more services. The Social Services Act includes the obligation of municipalities to provide services to the population. These include information and advice about social problems prevent or resolve them, and to offer practical advice and information for those who have an increased need for assistance due to illness, disability, age or some other cause. In addition to relief measures and wage replacement benefits for caregivers, as well as nursing courses, all-day care and / or adapted housing will be offered.
In addition, the supervisory authorities shall cooperate actively in mind that the health and social services supervision reports, decisions in individual matters, the messages about errors and the publications of the National Board as a source of knowledge in their work use to develop guidance systems and to improve the quality of services. Knowledge and experience from the surveillance, other knowledge bases and supervisory methods are publicly available.
The organization
Supervisory authorities are the Central Board of Health, public health surveillance in the " fylke " ( province ) and the " Fylkesmannen " (the administration of a " fylke ").
The Central Board of Health is an overarching, national supervisory authority. Has The Central Board of Health about 115 employees (as of 2013), lawyers, physicians, other healthcare workers, social science and social scientists trained employees.
At the level of a " fylke " is the supervision by public health surveillance in the " fylke " (health services and health personnel ) and the " Fylkesmannen " (social services ) exercised.
The supervisory authorities are headed by directors in January Fredrik Andresen.