The region in which you live is, as far as possible, responsible for ensuring that you receive an offer of treatment within the maximum waiting times.
If the hospital to which you have been referred cannot offer you the treatment within the maximum waiting times, the hospital must offer you a referral to another public or private hospital in Denmark or abroad within the maximum waiting times. If the hospital cannot find a public or private hospital, the hospital must contact the Danish Health and Medicines Authority (if this is what you wish).
Maximum waiting times:
- Preliminary examination (first examination date): Two weeks from the day on which the hospital received the doctor’s referral.
- Operation: Two weeks from the day on which you consented to the operation following information from the hospital about your illness and treatment options.
- Medical treatment (as a first treatment): Two weeks from the day on which you consented to medical treatment – following information from the hospital about your illness and treatment options. The maximum waiting time is otherwise a maximum of four weeks from the day on which the department that will carry out your treatment receives the referral.
- Radiation treatment (as a first treatment): Four weeks from the day on which the department that will carry out your treatment receives the referral.
- Radiation treatment or medical treatment (as a subsequent treatment): Four weeks from the day on which the department that will carry out your treatment receives the referral.
Concurrent to your right to maximum waiting times for treatment you are entitled to a medical examination and a diagnosis within 30 days if professionally possible.
