At the beginning of 2025, new legislation came into effect, stipulating that the office now oversees the implementation of Act No. 19/1988 on funds and institutions operating under a confirmed charter and the Act on registered religious organisations and life stance organisations No. 108/1999.

Bergþór Steinn Jónsson bráðalæknir og barnabráðalæknir á SAk birti nýlega grein ásamt meðhöfundum frá Mayo Clinic og Children's Minnesota í vísindaritinu Pediatric Emergency Care. Rannsóknin bendir til þess að læknar í áverkateymum fyrir fullorðna noti tölvusneiðmyndir mun oftar en barnateymi þegar þeir sinna unglingum með áverka, þrátt fyrir sambærilegan alvarleika áverkanna.

Influenza vaccinations at the healthcare clinics of the Healthcare Institution of North Iceland (HSN) are scheduled to begin in mid-October.

On the 3rd of September, the General Court of the European Union (ECJ) ruled that the request for annulment of the adequacy decision on the transfer of personal data to the US was rejected.

Following enforcement proceedings by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), the European Commission has demonstrated compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 in relation to its use of Microsoft 365 as examined by the EDPS.

In 2026 The Icelandic Transport Authority will host examiner standardisation courses for flight examiners on multi-crew aircraft (TRE/SFE/CRE) on the 12th of March and the 14th of October. A course for single-pilot aircraft examiners (FE) will be held on the 5th of March.

Concerns are due to the increasing incidence of sexually transmitted infections — gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis in Europe in recent years, particularly among men who have sex with men, but also among other groups.

The police and the Office of the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police received recognition from Digital Iceland at the conference Connecting the State, which took place last week.

Iceland Health requests tenders for selected operations outside the state health institutions.

Information for healthcare professionals