At the end of 2023, a service survey was conducted by Maskína for the Icelandic Health Insurance (SÍ) on the service of health care centres in rural areas. The survey was conducted between 17 October 2023 and 5 January 2024. Maskína received information from SÍ on individuals who had visited health care centres in rural areas in 2023 and took a random sample from that group. These individuals were sent a link to the survey through the Rights portal of SÍ.

Applications are now accepted for regional quota for the fishing year 2022/2023

The annual meeting of the Healthcare Institution of North Iceland will be held in Hof Akureyri and in a teleconference on Wednesday September 20th at 2 pm.

The Directorate of Health wishes to hire a medical specialist in the Office of Supervision and Quality of Healthcare.

Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour, has appointed Herdís Gunnarsdóttir as director of the Welfare Quality and Inspection Authority, which took up the post on 1 April 2022.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a small bacterium, has been diagnosed more frequently in the last few months in Iceland. Mycoplasma infection is characterized by symptoms like tracheobronchitis and occasionally pneumonia.

Starting next November 1

The municipality of Ölfus officially became a member of the Health-Promoting Community on 24 May 2023. Ölfus municipality is the 41st municipality in Iceland to become a Health-Promoting Community and 96% of residents now live in such community.

Seven Digital Iceland projects are nominated to the Icelandic Web Awards, which the Icelandic Federation of the Web Industry (SVEF) will award on Friday.

Last week, the first electronic entry of a deed was registered.