Hospital of Southern Norway ( no, Sørlandet sykehus Helse Foretak, shortened SSHF) is the trust which runs the hospitals in the counties of Aust-Agder and

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway up until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total population of Norway. I ...

. The general hospitals in the Agder counties were joined together under one trust by the state, with Helse Sør-Øst as owner. The trust is organised into six clinics, which have medical specialities independent of their geographical placement. The five clinics are:SSHF
- Our organisation. * Medical clinic * Surgical clinic * Clinic for psychiatric health - psychiatry and dependency behaviour * Medical service clinic (related functions) * Clinic for radiology * Rehabilitation unit Hospital of Southern Norway has large centres at Arendal,

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporati ...

, and

Flekkefjord is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Flekkefjord. The villages of Sira, Gyland, Rasvåg, Kirkehavn, and Åna-Sira are ...

. There are also smaller centres at

Risør is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located on the Skagerrak coast in the traditional region of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of Risør municipality is the town of Risør. There are many villages in Risør such as Akland, ...

Grimstad Grimstad () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the Grimstad (tow ...

, Mandal and

Farsund is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Farsund. Farsund is a coastal municipality in the far southwestern part of Norway, b ...

. In addition, there are small psychiatric drop-ins in many of the smaller municipalities, often with responsibility for patients from neighbouring municipalities. In 2004, the hospital took responsibility for alcoholism treatment in the Agder counties, and this came under the psychiatric and psychological treatment in Arendal and Kristiansand.

Before the health reforms

Prior to the state taking control of the hospitals on 1 February 2003, the hospital functions were dealt with by the municipality. Within the trust of Hospital of Southern Norway, there are the following hospitals: * Aust-Agder Central Hospital Arendal, ASA (now: Sørlandet Hospital Arendal) * Vest-Agder Central Hospital (now:

Sørlandet Hospital Kristiansand Sørlandet Hospital Kristiansand (Norwegian:Sørlandet Sykehus Kristiansand) is located in Kristiansand, Vest-Agder County in Norway, and is one of the three public hospitals within the Hospital of Southern Norway and is a regional hospital. It w ...

) * Eg Hospital (now: Psychiatric Hospital (PSA), Kristiansand) * Farsund Hospital (now: Disbanded and sold to Farsund municipality) * Flekkefjord Hospital (now: Sørlandet Hospital Flekkefjord) * Mandal Hospital (now: Sørlandet Hospital Mandal)

References

External links

Hospital of Southern Norway

Departments and visiting addresses

Annual report 2006
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