The Norwegian National Office for Health Service Appeals

Latest from The Norwegian National Office for Health Service Appeals

1. News article12 Oct 2026

   Mi side and digital forms down Wednesday 14 October, 17:00–19:00

   • Mi side and its digital forms will not work on Wednesday 14 October from 5 pm to 7 pm. The service is being updated.
   • The provider is sorry for the trouble.
   Digitalisation
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2. News article11 Jun 2026

   Pharmacist reflects on ten years at Norway's National Appeals Body for Health Services — from sole employee to established team

   • Johannes was the first pharmacist hired when the National Appeals Body for Health Services opened in 2016. He started part-time and worked alone.
   • There are now four pharmacists at the body, and he takes pride in the professional community they have built together.
   Medicines
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3. Report4 Jun 2026

   Master's thesis concludes that Norway's stricter 2025 supervisory sanctions against healthcare workers generally do not constitute criminal punishment under the ECHR

   • From 1 January 2025, Norwegian authorities can impose tougher and longer-lasting penalties on healthcare workers — for example extended licence suspensions — to protect patients and maintain public trust.
   • The thesis asks whether these new penalties are so severe that they count as criminal punishment under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which would prevent authorities from also prosecuting the same person in a criminal court for the same act.
   CourtsLegislationPublic administration
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4. News article20 May 2026

   Helfo changes deadline calculation – applications rejected before 30 October 2025 may be reconsidered

   • Helfo has changed its rules: the deadline to apply for reimbursement now counts from the day you paid the bill – not the day you received treatment or bought the medicine.
   • If your application was rejected for being too late, or if you never applied because you thought the deadline had passed, you may be able to get your case looked at again – provided this happened before 30 October 2025.
   MedicinesPublic administration
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5. News article5 May 2026

   Two law students describe their March 2026 internship at Norway's National Appeals Board for Health Services

   • Karianne (4th year) and Celine (5th year), both law students from Bergen, did a one-month internship at Norway's National Appeals Board for Health Services in March 2026.
   • Karianne worked on cases where patients seek compensation for injuries suffered in the health service. The biggest challenge was understanding medical terms and combining them with legal analysis.
   Higher educationPublic administration
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6. News article13 Apr 2026

   Norwegian Patient Injury Board suspends processing of post-covid-vaccination headache claims pending review of new study

   • The Norwegian Patient Injury Board has pressed pause on all claims where patients report long-lasting headache after a covid-19 vaccine. The reason is a new Norwegian research study (Blix et al.) looking at whether covid infection or vaccination can cause new-onset headache.
   • The study could mean the board needs to handle these cases differently, so no decisions will be made until the research has been reviewed.
   PandemicPublic health
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7. News article9 Apr 2026

   Norwegian public body launches part-time positions for UiB law students writing master's theses in health law

   • Joakim Gundersen Strand started in February 2026 — he is the very first student to take part in a new scheme where a public body hires law students from the University of Bergen (UiB) for a small part-time job alongside their master's thesis.
   • The scheme gives two students per semester a 20% job for six months, a dedicated desk in central Bergen, and a mentor for professional and personal support. New positions are advertised in April and September each year.
   Higher education
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8. Consultation response7 Apr 2026

   Respondent backs new communicable disease act but raises concerns over vaccine injury compensation changes

   • The organisation agrees that Norway should adopt a new communicable diseases law, as the proposal mostly keeps existing rules in place.
   • However, it has concerns about changing the rules on compensation for people harmed by vaccines in the national vaccination programme, and sets out comments on that specific point.
   LegislationPandemicPublic health
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9. Consultation response7 Apr 2026

   Organisation backs proposed streamlining of reimbursement decisions for medicines covered by the National Insurance Scheme, with some comments

   • The Norwegian government wants to change the rules for approving medicines for reimbursement under the national health insurance system, so that the process becomes faster and more predictable for industry, patients, and health workers.
   • The organisation that submitted this response broadly agrees with the proposals but raises some concerns or comments — these are found in the PDF attachment, not reproduced here.
   Medicines
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10. Report17 Mar 2026

    Norway's National Appeals Body for Health Services received 7% more cases in 2025, with processing times rising in some areas

    • The national health complaints body took in 4,482 cases in 2025 – 7% more than the year before – and finished 4,083 of them. Most were handled within the time limits, but not all.
    • The board that handles appeals about health workers' licences processed 44% more cases than the year before. The patient injury board stayed at the same level. Cases involving Helfo (Norway's public health reimbursement agency) are still taking too long.
    Public administration
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