Southern And Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority

Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority ( no, Helse Sør-Øst RHF) is the largest of the four Regional health authorities in

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. It covers the counties of

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, and

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, with 57% of the total population in Norway. The authority owns ten

health trust Health trust or HF ( no, helseforetak) is a health Company, enterprise owned by one of the four regional health authority (Norway), regional health authorities in Norway, with responsibility for performing a geographic and/or specialist activities ...

s that operate the hospitals as well as the Hospital pharmacy enterprise that operates seventeen pharmacies and Sykehuspartner Trust that operates the information technology systems. The authority is subordinate to the

Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services (''Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet'') is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of health policy, public health, health care services, and health legislation in Norway. It is led by the Mini ...

and was created on 1 June 2007 when

Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority {{Infobox company , name = Helse Øst RHF , logo = , fate = Merger , successor = Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority , foundation = January 1, 2002 , defunct = June 1, 2007 , location =Hamar, Norway , industry = Healthca ...

and

Southern Norway Regional Health Authority {{Infobox company , name = Helse Sør RHF , logo = , fate = Merger , successor = Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority , foundation = January 1, 2002 , defunct = June 1, 2007 , location = Skien, Norway , industry = Healthc ...

merged. - Government agencies of Norway Health trusts of Norway Companies based in Hamar Norwegian companies established in 2007 {{Norway-gov-stub