Norwegian health department defaults on back pain centre funding
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
In spite of initially instructing the regional hospital in Trondheim (RiT) to establish a national centre for advanced treatment of back problems, the Norwegian department of health is delaying progress in the matter. In response to the government's request last August, a working group from the RiT drew up plans for the new centre and sent them to the health department in January. The centre would cost some NKr5 million ($553,000) to set up, the RiT claimed. The department has neither offered a response to this initiative, nor set aside any money in the newly revised health budget to cover the cost of building the centre, reports Aftenposten.