In June 2023, the Directorate of Health published updated Guidelines on good practice for physicians when prescribing addictive drugs. The guidelines are now being republished, with a slightly changed introduction. The Directorate of Health reminds physicians once again of these guidelines, which were first published in 2017.

NordGen Forest and partners are happy to invite you to a Nordic forest conference entitled "Forest regeneration in the north – the past, the presence and the future". The conference will be arranged by NordGen and partners in Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus Rovaniemi, northern Finland, 18-19 September 2024.

The Natural catastrophe insurance of Iceland (NTÍ) and Þórkatla have agreed on the prioritization of issues in Grindavík. Some of the houses that Þórkatla has bought in recent weeks in Grindavík have been damaged by the earthquakes. The purchase of around 720 residential buildings has been approved and a considerable part of them will have to go through a damage assessment by NTÍ, and some have already gone through such an assessment.

Land and Forest Iceland is seeking a forestry consultant for its operations centre in West-Iceland. (Update 27 January: Application deadline expired.)

Berglind Ragnarsdóttir, nurse, has several hats in her work, she is a division manager at the nursing home Hvammur in Húsavík and the head of nursing departments at HSN, as well as doing daily nursing work.

The Icelandic Natural Disaster Insurance (NTÍ) has been in the process of preparing a new solution to replace the current damage register.

Ragnheiður Diljá Gunnarsdóttir a midwife at Infant and Toddler healthcare at HSN Akureyri is the Main Coordinator for Children's Prosperity at HSN. The Main Coordinator's role is to monitor and support the implementation at all HSN locations, to be a guide for others and to coordinate procedures.

The government has agreed to extend the priority groups for the vaccination of chikung chi and measles due to the chikung chi outbreak and the recurrent importation of measles in connection with the large measles outbreaks in Europe in recent months.

The deadline for submitting candidates for elections to the municipal council, which will take place on 14 May 2022, is 12 noon on Friday 8 April.

It's almost Christmas and the end of this year. Despite the pressure and often difficult conditions in the workplace as well as in the entire healthcare system, it is good to stop and think about all we achieve every day and be proud of it. The Executive Board is extremely proud of SAk's staff, their perseverance, ambition and professionalism.