General presentation

24 March 2003 | | ‹#› Overall objective Main objective To develop and improve preventive and health-promoting efforts and the services offered within the framework of health care and social services. "Social security and good health"

24 March 2003 | | ‹#› The Directorate for Health and Social Affairs shall serve as an administrative agency and competence centre, helping to implement and pursue national policy in the health and social services sector; provide advice to central authorities, municipalities, health enterprises, volunteer organizations and the general public; help facilitate the development of quality and the ranking of priorities in health and social services.

24 March 2003 | | ‹#› Instruments available to the Directorate Regulations Finances Personnel Standardisation Ranking of priorities Information Structure Human Professional Scientific

24 March 2003 | | ‹#› General organization chart Division for Health Care and Social Services Director General Bjørn Guldvog Director General Bjørn-Inge Larsen Division for Public Health and Social Welfare Director General Gunn-Elin Bjørneboe Division for Knowledge Management Director General Arild Bjørndal Division for Administrative Affairs and Organizational Development Director General Sigurd Røed Dahl

24 March 2003 | | ‹#› Organization chart Division for Health Care and Social Services Director General Division for Public Health and Social Welfare Division for Knowledge Management Division for Administrative Affairs and Organizational Development Guidelines, priorities and quality Physical activity Knowledge SupportPlans and Budget Rare Disorders Tobacco Control Social Services Research Personnel Centre for Oral Health in Rare Medical Conditions Alcohol and Drugs Health Services Research Communication and Documentation Municipal Health and Social Services Specialized Health Care Patient Ombudsmen Emergency Medicine and Preparedness IT Strategy and Statistics Personnel in Health and Social Services Resource Centre Norwegian Registration Authority for Health Personnel Economics Centre for Rare Diagnoses Poisons Information Mental Health Public Welfare Voluntary Work Preventive Health and Social Services IT The Archives Nutrition

24 March 2003 | | ‹#› In connection with its establishment on 1 January 2002, the Directorate received funding from: The Norwegian Directorate for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems The National Council on Tobacco and Health The National Council on Nutrition and Physical Activity The Poison Information Centre The Agency for Council Secretariats, etc. National Council of Specialist Education and Distribution of Medical Doctors The National Institute of Public Health - now the Norwegian Institute of Public Health The National Health Screening Service - now the Norwegian Institute of Public Health The Norwegian Board of Health The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs - now the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Health The National Insurance Administration

24 March 2003 | | ‹#› The new social services and health care administration Social security The Ministry of Social Affairs The National Insurance Administration The Directorate for Health and Social Affairs Health Enterprises Hospitals The Norwegian Board of Health The Norwegian Institute of Public Health The Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority The Norwegian Medicines Agency The Ministry of Health Ownership The municipalities The Municipal Health Service Care - care and rehabilitation Social Services County municipalities The general public

24 March 2003 | | ‹#› Social security The Ministry of Social Affairs The National Insurance Administration The Directorate for Health and Social Affairs Health enterprises Hospitals The Ministry of Health Ownership The municipalities The Municipal Health Service Care - care and rehabilitation Social Services The general public The position of the Directorate for Health and Social Affairs in the administration The county governor County municipalities

24 March 2003 | | ‹#› Preventive and health-promoting efforts Help ensure that importance is attached to health care and social issues in connection with political decisions in all sectors of society; Help ensure that social and health issues have a strong influence on the general public's choice of lifestyle and behaviour; Help facilitate better living standards and participation for all by making the community available to them; Obtain scientific and other professional about the costs and effects of policy instruments for preventive and health- promoting efforts; Develop co-ordinated, dynamic interaction with the voluntary sector; Determine how the use of policy instruments can reduce social inequality, and provide advice on this; Contribute to effective international preventive and health-promoting efforts.

24 March 2003 | | ‹#› Health Care and Social Services Develop good quality services that are readily available to everyone. Develop national guidelines for the quality of services. Obtain scientific and other technical knowledge about the costs and effects of social and health care policy instruments. Help ensure that Health Care and Social Services implement targeted initiatives that address social inequalities in society-at- large Provide advice on health care and social services priorities based on professional assessments, socio- economic analyses, ethical considerations, etc. Draw up a national research programme in health care and social services. Intensify the State authorities' emergency preparedness efforts with a view to health care and social services. Contribute to effective international efforts to develop health care and social services.