MPs Kjersti Toppe and Erling Sande propose expanding national medical education and specialist training to ensure doctor coverage throughout the country. The proposers argue that general practice, emergency services, and specialist healthcare are struggling with recruitment, and that Norway currently depends on many Norwegian medical students studying abroad. They ask the government to implement recommendations from the Grimstad Committee report and consider measures to improve doctor distribution.
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The Storting asks the government to ensure expanded national medical education in line with the Grimstad Committee's recommendations and to increase national specialist training with more specialist doctor positions (LIS).
The Storting asks the government to present a plan for this in the 2027 budget proposal.
The Storting asks the government to ensure that municipalities are used more as learning venues in medical programmes, to clarify national financing arrangements for practical placements in primary health services and for practical work and clinical teaching in specialist healthcare, and to report back to the Storting.
The Storting asks the government to review the application-based rotation scheme for doctors (LIS1) and propose measures to improve and streamline it, and to ensure that LIS1 funding is earmarked to guarantee national distribution of positions according to need.
The Storting asks the government by the end of 2026 to review and revise the specialist pathway for doctors to ensure that far more doctors gain general competence in internal medicine and surgery, while also ensuring that far more generalist positions are advertised in hospitals in line with this, and that general competence is emphasized in basic medical education.
The Storting asks the government to keep the Storting informed.
The Storting asks the government to review doctor distribution in Norway and consider strong new measures to improve doctor coverage across the country to ensure preparedness and equal access to health services regardless of where people live.
The Storting asks the government to also report back to the Storting.