Danish Health Authority
Niels W Mogensen is a Senior Medical Officer at the Danish Patient Safety Authority and an Afdelingslæge at Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed, having served in these roles since July 2014. Prior to this, Niels worked as an Afdelingslæge at Sundhedsstyrelsen in the areas of supervision and patient safety from 2003 to 2013. Niels holds a degree in Public Health, specializing in Community and Administrative Medicine, and an MPH from the University of Copenhagen. Additionally, Niels earned a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School and an MD in Medical Science from the University of Copenhagen. Niels completed secondary education at Rønne Statsskole.
Danish Health Authority
Health for all – that is our mission in the Danish Health Authority We are the top health authority in Denmark, and our task is to promote public health and establish a good framework for health services in Denmark. We give advice to the Danish Ministry of Health, municipalities and regions and we offer recommendations, guidelines and action plans. Our main tasks include promotion of public health, prevention and treatment of diseases - as well as tasks regarding radiation protection, elderly care and dementia. Our ambitions are high - and we engage with others to find wise solutions.