AgreedAgreement with KL / Danish Regions
Agreement: home treatment and right to digital health services
Official title: Aftale om mere hjemmebehandling og ret til digitale sundhedstilbud
In short
Reading time: 1 min- Parties: the Government, Danske Regioner and KL
- What is agreed: The agreement proposes that the regions receive DKK 200 million a year for home treatment, and that a right to digital health services is introduced.
- Who would be affected: Patients who can receive treatment at home or digitally, and patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis who are to receive comprehensive treatment. It also affects regions, health councils and municipalities.
- When: The agreement was made on 11 November 2026. It is not an act: what is to apply must first be passed by the Danish Parliament or implemented in another way.
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What the agreement says:
- From 2027, the regions receive DKK 200 million each year for home treatment.
- Assisted home dialysis must be offered to relevant patients in all health councils from early 2028.
- A right to digital health services is introduced, when it is professionally meaningful and the patient wishes it.
- Patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis who are to undergo surgery must, from 2027, be offered patient education combined with relevant measures (e.g. training) before the operation, unless it is assessed that they will not benefit from it, or cannot complete the measures.
Bills that implement the agreement
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Source
The agreement text (PDF, in Danish)
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