If you have received a rejection regarding something you believe you are entitled to, you can submit what is known as a ‘rights appeal’.
Your appeal should include information about you, the person/organisation you are appealing against, and what happened.
Start by stating your name, address and telephone number.
If you are appealing on behalf of someone else, you should also include the name and contact details of the person concerned. You should also enclose your power of attorney.
Rights appeals almost always concern an organisation.
If you wish to appeal regarding your GP, community nurse, nursing home, nursing home or other municipal service, please state the service that your appeal concerns.
If you do not receive the services you believe you are entitled to at a hospital, you should state the part of the hospital that your appeal concerns, e.g.:
Give a brief, concrete description of what treatment you have not received. Remember to state the date/time when it happened.
Your appeal must first be sent to the treatment centre you are appealing against.
You can get the postal address of the treatment centre by:
You can also ask for the direct address of the manager at the treatment centre. This will ensure that the person who is ultimately responsible will actually find out what has happened.
Find or ask for the address of:
Send your appeal to the treatment centre's postal address. You can also send a copy to the manager if you wish.
If the treatment centre agrees with your appeal, it will amend its decision and contact you to offer you what you are entitled to.
If it disagrees with your appeal, the matter will automatically be forwarded to the County Governor, who will then consider it and respond to you by letter.
All hospitals in the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Helse Sør Øst) offer this service except:
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Last updated Friday, September 3, 2021