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Application for benefit from patient insurance - incidents in 2025 and later

Patient insurance provides compensation for physical or mental damage during treatment or examination in healthcare.

  • If a loss occurred in health care, regardless of whether it was a public health service or self-employed health care provider, it is possible to apply for compensation to the Iceland Health. Iceland Health collects data and decides on liability.

How can compensation be obtained?

To be compensated for damages, you must:

  1. Check that the applicant fulfils conditions of payment

  2. Application is completed and submitted through Data submission of individuals

After receiving the application, Iceland Health will handle the collection of data, disability assessment and calculation of compensation for the application. A decision is sent to the applicant regarding compensation payment and disability assessment, but the result of the disability assessment can be expected to take longer than the decision on compensation payments, see application processing time.

Do you need a lawyer's help to apply?

It is up to the applicant to decide whether to seek the assistance of a lawyer, but this is generally not necessary since all data collection and other work on the application is done free of charge by Iceland Health. It should be pointed out that legal costs are entirely paid by the applicant.

Inquiries and data are received at the Iceland Health service and telephone Centre and through Data submission of individuals.

Service provider

Ice­land Health