The case in summary: Helse Nord held an extraordinary board meeting on Tuesday to discuss a new hospital structure in northern Norway. Managing director Marit Lind put forward a proposal, but this was withdrawn after opposition from the board. Three of the board members will now be replaced, sources confirm to news. These are Svenn Are Jenssen, Kari Jørgensen and Henrik Olsen. Svenn Are Jenssen and Kari Jørgensen were negative to the proposal from director Marit Lind, while Henrik Olsen was more positive. Kari Jørgensen has previously stated that she does not wish to continue on the board. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. On Tuesday, Helse Nord held an extraordinary board meeting where they discussed a matter: Plan for a new hospital structure in Northern Norway. Managing director Marit Lind had put forward her proposal – and chairman Renate Larsen was eager to have it sent out for consultation. However, it did not work out that way. After discussion, Lind and Larsen realized that the majority of the board was going to say no. It all ended with the director withdrawing the cut proposal. This is the controversial proposal from Helse Nord. It was in autumn 2022 that the Minister of Health instructed Helse Nord to find solutions to ensure sustainable operations going forward. Five working groups worked throughout last year on possible changes in each area. Their recommendations were then compiled into a joint draft. Among the proposals is to remove emergency surgery at the hospitals in Lofoten and Narvik, but to retain internal medicine emergency services at both locations. Another proposal is to discontinue the emergency caesarean section in Lofoten, which continues as a delivery room. On Thursday afternoon, news wrote that the three county leaders from the Labor Party want to pacify the board. But now news has confirmed from sources that Ingvild Kjerkol will defy his colleagues in the north. Now three of the board members are to be replaced. Two on the no side smoke On Thursday, there was a meeting in the Ministry of Health and Care. In this meeting, the new board in Helse Nord was outlined. Actually, this was supposed to be presented on Monday, but already now news learns that the health minister and the ministry will get rid of three members next week. The board currently consists of: Renate Larsen – chairman Rune Gjertin Rafaelsen – deputy chairman Kari Jørgensen Svenn Are Jenssen Jan-Oddvar Sørnes Henrik Olsen Anne Husebekk Sissel Alterskjær Kari Marie Baadstrand Sandnes Martin Alexander Øien Jenssen news has confirmed from sources that these three will now leave board: Svenn Are Jenssen Kari Jørgensen Henrik Olsen Svenn Are Jensen and Kari Jørgensen were negative during the board meeting on Tuesday to the proposal from director Marit Lind. They said they would vote no, which they never got the chance to do. Henrik Olsen, however, was more positive. Kari Marie Baadstrand Sandnes, Sissel Alterskjær and Martin Alexander Øien Jenssen have been elected by the employees, and thus cannot be removed by the ministry. They are going to elections in the spring in their trade unions. The three were negative to the proposal from director Marit Lind – something that became known even before the board meeting. Sources confirm to news that Svenn Are Jenssen is being thrown out of the board of Helse Nord. Photo: Malin Nygård Solberg / news It is not surprising that it comes from the media. news is also informed by sources that the plan to present the new board on Monday will take place already on Friday. Svenn Are Jenssen is one of those news now learns that he will not join the next board. He tells news that he did not hear anything from the ministry on Thursday evening. – Everything I have heard about the adjustment process I have heard first from the media. In that sense, this is not surprising. He was called by the ministry in the autumn, and then said that he was willing to stand for another term. However, Kari Jørgensen, who is also being replaced, has said that she does not want to continue on the board. – I notified the ministry early this autumn that I will not stand for re-election, she told news. news has tried to get in touch with the other two board members who will now leave the board on Thursday evening. So far no luck.
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Several board members in Helse Nord are resigning on Monday – news Nordland
