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Western Norway Regional Health Authority

Regional health authority owning and governing the hospitals in Western Norway

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  1. Decision

    Helse Vest recommends centralising ovarian cancer surgery at Haukeland from 2030–2032, while Stavanger wants to keep the current model

    • The leadership of Helse Vest RHF proposes that ovarian cancer operations be gathered at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen over time. The tentative date is 1 January 2030, and no later than 2032. Uterine cancer operations will still be done in both Bergen and Stavanger.
    • The operations will only move once Helse Bergen can show it has the skills and capacity in place.
    HospitalPublic administrationPublic health
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  2. News article

    Telenor outage makes it hard to reach hospitals and 113 in Helse Vest

    • Telenor's phone network has a fault. It is hard to reach hospitals in Helse Vest. On Thursday afternoon Telenor said some calls to emergency numbers like 113 have failed.
    • Try calling several times. You can also contact the nearest health service where you live.
    Digital infrastructureHospital
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  3. News article

    SSA knowledge bank for health professionals now available in North Sami and English

    • The SSA knowledge bank is now in North Sami and English. The four regional health authorities worked together to give Sami people better health services.
    • It is a website for professionals in hospitals and other specialist health services. They assess and treat children and young people who have shown problematic or harmful sexual behaviour (SSA).
    Children and youthDiscriminationHospital
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  4. News article

    SSA knowledge bank now translated into North Sami and English to promote equitable health services

    • The SSA knowledge bank is now in North Sami and English. It is a website for health staff who treat children and young people with harmful sexual behaviour (SSA).
    • The four regional health authorities, which run the hospitals, made the translation together in a shared network. The goal is equally good health care for Sami people.
    Children and youthDiscriminationHospital
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  5. Call for applications

    ERA4Health pre-announces IICS4all 2027 for phase III trials in four disease areas, with a 14 January 2027 deadline

    • ERA4Health has announced a coming funding call, IICS4all 2027. It funds clinical trials that researchers start themselves, across several countries.
    • It covers large phase III trials (the last testing stage before approval) that resemble normal clinical practice and are randomised (patients are assigned by chance). The topics are heart and blood vessel diseases, autoimmune diseases, metabolic diseases and non-infectious lung and airway diseases.
    EUHospitalScience
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  6. News article

    Helse Vest ends tender and moves work-focused treatment into its health trusts

    • Helse Vest recommends ending the tender for work-focused psychological treatment. The agreement for treating anxiety and depression ends 31 December 2026. The regional hospitals (health trusts) will take over full responsibility instead.
    • This follows talks with the health trusts. For years the service has given people with mild to moderate mental health problems fast help that takes their job into account, to cut sick leave.
    HospitalMental healthWork life
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  7. Action plan

    Helse Vest adopts regional action plan to meet sharp rise in dementia

    • The board of Helse Vest has approved a plan for patients with cognitive impairment and dementia. Cognitive impairment means weaker thinking and memory. Nearly 50,000 people in Western Norway are expected to have dementia in 2050.
    • The plan has recommendations and measures. It gives hospitals a shared direction for assessment and treatment.
    Elder careHospital
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  8. News article

    Helse Vest's improvement training programme marks ten years and 958 graduates

    • Helse Vest's improvement training programme turns 10 in 2026. So far, 958 hospital staff across the region have completed it.
    • Participants learn practical tools for improving their daily work – and are then expected to help their colleagues do the same.
    Hospital
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  9. News article

    73 Nordic clinical trial monitors gathered in Oslo for the 14th NORM meeting

    • On 17–18 September 2026, NorCRIN brought together 73 clinical trial monitors from all five Nordic countries for a two-day meeting in Oslo.
    • They discussed newer approaches such as remote monitoring (checking trials online rather than on site) and decentralised trials (where patients don't all go to the same location).
    MedicinesScience
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  10. News article

    Helse Vest's treatment-intensity indicator for mental health care to be rolled out nationally in Norway

    • Helse Vest has spent two years testing a tool that checks whether mental health patients get therapy often enough – too few sessions means the treatment is less likely to work, much like stopping an antibiotic course too early.
    • It was built with clinicians and patient representatives and measures performance down to individual ward level, including child and adolescent psychiatric units (BUP) and community mental health centres (DPS).
    HospitalMental health
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