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Norwegian Directorate of Health
The Norwegian Directorate of Health is a professional and regulatory body working to improve public health and develop the health services.
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Health Directorate wants more health-care trainees to become apprentices rather than adding school places
- Under 30 percent of those who start health-care worker training become apprentices in the health service. The Directorate of Health wants to make the job more attractive.
- It does not want more school places in upper secondary. Instead, it wants more students to go into the health service. The proposal is in the annual report on capacity in health education.
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Emergency numbers 113 and 116117 working normally after mobile networks confirmed stable
- The Norwegian Directorate of Health says on 8 October 2026 that 113 (medical emergency) and 116117 (out-of-hours doctor) work as usual.
- This is because the Norwegian Communications Authority (NKOM) said at 19:08 that the mobile networks work normally.
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Health Directorate lists 15 alternative phone numbers to emergency medical centres if 113 is unreachable
- If 113 does not answer, you can call the AMK in your area directly. AMK is the centre that takes medical emergency calls.
- Eastern Norway: Oslo 23 52 95 00, Innlandet 23 52 95 01, Vestre Viken 23 52 95 02, Vestfold og Telemark 23 52 95 03.
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Telecom operator faults affect emergency number 113 and out-of-hours line 116117
- Phone companies have faults that affect the emergency number 113 and the out-of-hours doctor number 116117. The Norwegian Directorate of Health reported this on 8 October 2026.
- If your call does not connect, hang up and call again. You can also use a phone connected to a different mobile network.
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Norwegian Directorate of Health seeks input on broadening competence in surgical and internal medicine specialist training
- The Directorate of Health wants to hear what people think about proposed changes to doctors' specialist training in internal medicine and surgery. The goal is for doctors to have broader skills. Anyone can respond on the consultation portal.
- Afterwards, the Directorate will advise the Ministry of Health and Care Services. Director Cathrine M. Lofthus says everyone affected should have their say first.
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Mortality among people with severe mental illness is nearly nine times higher than the general population – and rising since 2019
- In 2025, people aged 15–50 with severe mental illness died nearly nine times more often than others the same age – the gap has widened since 2019, when it was just under seven times.
- Among people who have received treatment for addiction, the death rate was more than eleven times higher than average in 2025, up from about ten and a half times in 2019.
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Nordic survey: 60% of teenagers drink energy drinks weekly, with one in three reporting health complaints
- About 5,000 teenagers aged 15–19 across the Nordic countries took part. Six out of ten drink energy drinks at least once a week, and more than one in five drink them every day.
- Three in ten who drink energy drinks feel unwell afterwards — with symptoms such as a racing heart, headaches, trouble sleeping, dizziness or shaking.
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Norway launches national medicines safety plan after finding that 5–20% of hospital admissions stem from medication errors
- Norway's health authorities are launching a national plan to make medication use safer across all parts of the health service – from hospitals to GPs and pharmacies.
- The reason: between 5 and 20 per cent of all hospital admissions are caused by medication mistakes or side effects, making this one of the most common causes of patient harm.
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First national survey of AI in Norwegian hospitals: 68 tools in use, fragmented deployment, and open questions on documentation requirements
- 68 unique AI solutions have been mapped across Norway's four regional health authorities — the first national overview of its kind, published August 2026.
- The survey was conducted by the AI Council for Health and Care Services, led by the Norwegian Directorate of Health, as part of the Nordic initiative The Nordic AI Map.
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Norway's new national priority council to decide who receives healthcare in wartime and crisis
- The National Council for Priority-Setting and Sustainability in Health and Care Services was appointed by the Ministry of Health and Care Services in March 2026 and holds its inaugural meeting on 20 August 2026.
- The council is chaired by Ole Frithjof Norheim, researcher at the Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (University of Bergen) and professor at Harvard University.
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