Health care services in Søgne Municipality compromise principally Sørlandets sykehus Kristiansand, one municipal health clinics, a maternity care centre, as well as a range of other services such as:

• physiotherapy
• ergotherapy
• rehabilitation
• detoxification
• psychological health care.

Children's health clinics.

In Norway municipal health clinics provide free health care for children up to age 5. There are one clinic in Søgne. All children are examined at regular intervals and provided with vaccinations. In addition, the clinic offer home visits for newborns, establishment of mother-and-child groups, counselling and specialist referrals.

For young people between the ages of 12 and 24, the municipal health clinic provide counselling and information on issues like sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases, drugs, family and relationships.

Maternity care.

The municipality offers maternity care to pregnant women. They may choose themselves to go to a midwife or a doctor. Maternity care involves regular check ups and counselling, as well as reservation of ultrasound and registration at the hospital. Home birthing is still fairly uncommon in Norway, though there are growing numbers of midwives qualified to perform home births. The Søgne Maternity Care Centre is located at Søgne Helsehus. Tel. 38 05 55 55.

Finding a personal doctor

All residents of the municipality are automatically assigned a personal doctor who provides general medical services, emergency services and house calls when necessary. Personal doctors are obliged to give priority to own their patients. You can change your personal doctor up to two times per year without providing an explanation. Personal doctors are bound by official rules regarding rates, and their prices must be posted in their offices. Please note that you can choose not to have a personal doctor.

To register for a personal doctor, to find out who your or your child's personal doctor is or to change to another doctor please contact the Office for Personal Doctors on telephone +47 810 59 500 (answering machine in Norwegian only) or go to the following web site: MinFastlege.

Appointments are made directly with the individual doctors' offices.

Dental care

For children in Norway up to the age of 18, dental care is provided free of charge. There is a 25 per cent discount for 19 and 20 year-olds. 

Emergency services

For life-threatening sickness or accidents, call for an ambulance on 113.

The Emergency Unit is a 24-hour service provided by both Søgne and Songdalen municipalities 15.00 - 23.00 and by Kristiansand municipality 23.00 - 08.00. If an emergency occurs, you are encouraged first to make contact with your personal doctor. If your personal doctor is not available or is not able to address the problem, go to the Emergency Unit or call  for medical advice.