Western Norway Regional Health Authority ( no, Helse Vest RHF) is a

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regional health authority responsible for operating the hospitals in the counties of

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...

and

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. Based in

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

the authority operates five health trusts that operate nine hospitals. It is led by chairman Oddvard Nilsen (

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) and

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Herlof Nilssen. Other central agencies include Helse Vest IKT that operates the

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systems. Haukeland University Hospital cooperates with the

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to provide

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in Bergen.

Subsidiaries

Stavanger Health Trust Stavanger Health Trust ( no, Helse Stavanger) is a health trust which serves southern Rogaland. Its main facility is Stavanger University Hospital, as well as local clinics and institutions around Rogaland. The trust was formed on 1 January 2002 a ...

Stavanger Hospital Stavanger (, , US usually , ) is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the administrative center of Rogaland county. Th ...

Bergen Health Trust Bergen Hospital Trust ( no, Helse Bergen HF) is one of the five health trusts owned by the Western Norway Regional Health Authority. Institutions It consists of 14 institutions, located all over Hordaland. * Haukeland University Hospital * ...

** Haukeland University Hospital **

Voss Hospital Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Opphe ...

Sandviken Hospital Sandviken Hospital ( no, Sandviken sykehus) is a psychiatric hospital situated in the Sandviken neighborhood of Bergen, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of ...

Fonna Health Trust Fonna Hospital Trust ( no, Helse Fonna) is a health trust which administrates hospitals and institutions in Haugaland, Sunnhordland and parts of Hardanger. Fonna Health Trust is one of five local health trusts owned by Western Norway Regional H ...

Haugesund Hospital Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and souther ...

Odda Hospital Odda () is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1913 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county. It was located in southeastern Hordaland ...

** Stord Hospital ** Valen Hospital * Førde Health Trust **

Førde Hospital Førde is a former municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center was the town of Førde which in 2016 had 10,255 inhabitants. Other villages in Førde ...

** Lærdal Hospital ** Nordfjord Hospital * Western Norway Pharmaceutical Trust {{authority control Government agencies of Norway Health trusts of Norway Companies based in Stavanger Norwegian companies established in 2002 Health care companies established in 2002