According to the new Act on Patient Insurance No. 47/2024, the patient insurance of self-employed healthcare professionals is transferred from insurance companies to the Icelandic Health. The change applies to damages that occur on and after 1 January 2025.

It is necessary to look at the relationship between the production processes of forest seedlings nurseries and planting success in afforestation. The later frozen stored seedlings are planted, the more likely they are to fail to form frost hardiness and be subject to damage in the same fall. This is among the research findings discussed in a reviewed article published recently in the scientific journal Forests. The main author of the article is Rakel J. Jónsdóttir, a forester and a postdoctoral researcher at Land and Forest.

The market for catch quota in herrring is open from 16:00 13 July to 14:00 18 July 2023.

On Monday, November 18th, the Chief Epidemilogist hosted a symposium at Landspítali Unversity Hospital in Fossvogur and on Teams, as part of the annual awareness campaign on antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Veltek, the Nordic health and welfare technology cluster, held a successful meeting on Wednesday 13 November under the heading “Where are the opportunities?”. The meeting was well attended by the cluster’s stakeholders and guests who contributed to a constructive discussion about the future of services and the possible implementation of health and welfare solutions.

The Minister of Justice has temporarily appointed Svavar Pálsson, the district commissioner of North East Iceland, as the district commissioner of East Iceland from November 1, 2024, to October 31, 2025.

District commissioners were tasked with overseeing the digital implementation of the project, which enabled residents of Grindavík to sell their housing to the government under certain conditions. Applicants could subsequently fill out an application on Ísland.is.

A digital application for an Identity Card can now available on Ísland.is.

The first round of the planned doctors’ strikes, which was set to begin at midnight, has been canceled after an agreement was reached on the main points of a new wage contract late last night.

A course is being planned for blind and visually impaired individuals on the use, care, and training of guide dogs, which is a prerequisite for maintaining an active application for a guide dog.