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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.
The Minister of Health has confirmed the Directorate of Health's new recommendations on minimum data recording in healthcare, published in Stjórnartíðindi, the Government‘s website, at the end of October.
A symposium will be held at the Nordic House in Reykjavik on December 5th to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Icelandic parliament's approval of a special budget for the National Gift project. This project was created to address the decline in vegetation and soil erosion that Iceland has experienced since human settlement.
Guðrún Dóra Clarke has been appointed as Chief Medical Executive at the Healthcare Institution of North Iceland (HSN). It is planned that Guðrún Dóra will start working soon.
Today, 26 November is the European Day of Practical Nurses, which is held to honour and acknowledge the important contributions of practical nurses around the world.