EPSO Contact person Anne Mette Dons
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Danish Health and Medicines Authority, Supervision & Patient safety
Member since 2008
1. COUNTRY/REGION: DENMARK
Website of the supervisory organisation: www.sst.dk
ls this website in English or partly in English? NO
Contactperson
o Name and function: Torben Haerslev, Senior Medical Officer
Address: The National Board of Health
E-mail: toh@sst.dk
Telephone number: + 45 72227805
2 THE STRUCTURE OF THE SUPERVISORY ORGANISATION(s)
o The Head of the Supervisory Organisation (name and function)
Anne Mette Dons, Head of Unit
o Size of the Supervisory Organisation:
Number of inspections/supervisions or number of inspectors or number of full time equivalents of people working in the organisation; number of hospitals or health institutions under supervision:
Number of inspectors: 52
o Number of people working in the organisation: 400
o Other relevant information about the Supervisory Organisation in your
country or region:
The supervisory organisation in Denmark is the National Board of Health, which consists
of a central unit and five regional units.
The National Board of Health is the supervisory board for all authorized health care professionals in Denmark.
Health care provision in Denmark is to a very great extent a public task. The responsibility for running the service is decentralized and lies mostly with the regional authorities.
The National Board of Health is a national wide supervisory board which covers both public and private hospitals, clinics, nursing homes ect.
The supervision is re-active.
o Relation with the Department of Health
The National Board of Health is an independent board, but with direct reference to the Department of Health
o Web address: www.sum.dk
3. THE SCOPE OF THE SUPERVISORY ORGANISATION(s)
o Is the supervisory organisation allowed to interfere in other ways?
YES
If yes, in what way?
The National Board of Health develop national plans for organization of the health care system.
To improve proper healthcare the National Board of Health make national guidelines for treatment and patient rights.
o Other relevant information about the competence of the supervisory organisation
NONE
6. INTERESTING ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS IN YOUR COUNTRY/REGION
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