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Fristbrudd: getting help from Helfo
Check whether your binding healthcare deadline has been missed. Understand the hospital’s duty, the correct Helfo contact and a new treatment offer.
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An error in your medical record: how to request a correction
Find the right healthcare provider, make a specific correction request, and learn what to do if it is refused. Correction and deletion follow different rules.
Hlib Suslov
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Foreign prescription at a Norwegian pharmacy: when can you use it?
A signed paper prescription from the EEA may sometimes be used in Norway. Learn about medicine restrictions and what to do with a prescription from outside the EEA.
Hlib Suslov
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Vaccines received abroad: how to document them in Norway
Learn how foreign vaccinations may be assessed and entered in SYSVAK, which documents to bring and what your Helsenorge record actually shows.
Hlib Suslov
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Screen time guidance for children and teens 2026: age guide
Find recommended screen time for ages 0 to 18, advice on sleep and meals, and why the screen time guidance is not Norwegian law.
Hlib Suslov
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Free doctor visits for 16- and 17-year-olds from August 2026
From 1 August 2026, everyone under 18 is exempt from approved patient fees. Find out what the exemption covers and which costs may still apply.
Hlib Suslov
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Patient injury compensation: how to apply free at NPE
How to apply for compensation from Norsk pasientskadeerstatning (NPE) after medical treatment injury: conditions, deadlines, waiting time, likelihood of approval and right to appeal.
Hlib Suslov
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Postpartum depression: how to get help in Norway
Postpartum depression affects about 1 in 10 people who give birth. How to recognise it, who helps you for free, what it costs – and how to ask for help.
Hlib Suslov
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Dementia assessment in Norway: help for family members
How dementia assessment starts in Norway when your mother or father forgets more and more: GP, interpreter, the right test, day activities and what your family pays in 2026.
Hlib Suslov
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Individual plan and coordinator: your rights
If you need services from multiple places over a long time, you have the right to an individual plan and coordinator. This is how you ask your municipality for it — and how you appeal if they say no.
Hlib Suslov
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Sick child in kindergarten: when does the child need to stay home?
Fever above 38 °C rectally and 48 hours after infectious gastroenteritis. See the symptom-by-symptom table, and why Norwegian doctors rarely give antibiotics to children.
Hlib Suslov
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Sexual assault centre: free help after an assault
Sexual assault centres provide free, round-the-clock help without a referral or requirement to report to the police. Learn what happens, how evidence is secured and where to get support.
Hlib Suslov