The 2024 Annual Icelandic Forestry Conference will be held in the Cultural House Hof in Akureyri on 20-21 March. Applications for talks and posters for the second day of the Conference are now open as well as for posters which will be on display during the event.

The new tariff of the Communication Center came into effect on 5 July.

There are about 14 occupational therapists working at Akureyri hospital - and one quadriplegic. They take care of clients in rehabilitation at Kristnes, in SAk's emergency wards and in the psychiatric ward.

The Directorate of Labour has now opened an application and payment system for applicants for temporary support for the payment of wages for those who have not been able to perform their work in Grindavík.

Due to the volcanic eruption and necessary emergency and investigative flights, the Icelandic Transport Authority, at the request of the Civil Protection Coordination Centre, has prohibited all drone flights over Grindavík.

At the end of March, Iceland Health made agreements on joint replacement surgery with Handlæknastöðina (Cosan) and Klíníkina.

Today, the Directorate of Health introduces a new website under Ísland.is, following in the footsteps of many public institutions.

The White Cane Safety Day is held every year on 15 October. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the White Cane and the issues of interest to blind and visually impaired people.

"We really welcome that construction has begun at the Hlíð nursing home, as the closure of spaces there has had a significant impact on SAk's operations," says Ragnheiður Halldórsdóttir, cief medical officer and geriatrician at SAk.

In 2023, 18 people had their first artificial foot in Iceland, 53,564 applied for the European Health Insurance Card and 12,934 underwent colonoscopy.