Patient Focus (Norway)

Patient Focus (Norwegian: Pasientfokus, PF) is a minor political party in Norway. It was formed in April 2021,^[1] as a support movement for an expansion of the hospital in the town of Alta in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.^[2] In the 2021 parliamentary election, it won one of Finnmark's five seats in the Storting.^[1][3] The party's leader, Irene Ojala, holds the seat.^[4] Although the party is a single-issue party, it plans to utilize policies of direct democracy among the constituents it represents for its other policy positions.^[5]

Patient Focus Pasientfokus
Abbreviation	PF
Leader	Irene Ojala
Founded	April 2021
Headquarters	Måsesvingen 15, 9512 Alta
Ideology	Single-issue politics Regionalism
Colours	Pink-orange
Storting	1 / 169
Website
pasientfokus.no
Politics of Norway Political parties Elections

See also

• Hospital to Alta, a similar party which ran in the 2013 Norwegian election
• Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern, a similar party in Kidderminster, England

References

1. "Protestliste fikk stortingsplass: – Det er på høy tid" (in Norwegian). NRK. 2021.
2. "Sykehusliste mangler bare 200 stemmer – kan få kjempemakt på vippen i Stortinget" (in Norwegian Bokmål). 13 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
3. "Count for Norway". Retrieved 13 September 2021.
4. Fokus, Pasient (2021). "Pasientfokus til Stortinget". pasientfokus.no (in Norwegian).
5. "Vil lage politikk av spørreundersøkelser" (in Norwegian Bokmål). 5 September 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.