Sara Mist Gautadóttir, Clinical Nutritionist, has been appointed as Chief Clinical Nutritionist at SAk. The position was advertised for applications last September.

Today, June 5th, Jón Helgi Björnsson, Director of the Healthcare Institution of North Iceland, and Sigfús Ingi Sigfússon, Mayor of Skagafjörður, signed a new agreement regarding ambulance services.

The annual influenza epidemic is ongoing, and the number of confirmed cases has remained similar in recent weeks. The peak occurred in December 2025, and the number of diagnosed cases decreased after the New Year.

The West Iceland Healthcare Institution has received a grant from the memorial fund of Bergþóra Magnúsdóttir and Jakob Bjarnason. The memorial fund is managed by the Directorate of Health and grants are granted from it to projects intended to improve the quality and safety of healthcare.

The Health Care Association of Fljótsdalshérað (HHF) has delivered twelve resuscitation manikins to nurses at the East Iceland Health Institute (HSA) for use in teaching and training in first aid and resuscitation.

At the request of the Chief of Police of the Reykjavík Metropolitan Area, drone flights will be banned over downtown Reykjavik during Culture Night 2025.

Continuing to be satisfied

The Icelandic Transport Authority is inviting applications from independent and impartial parties to carry out annual audits of the electronic records maintained by taxi dispatch centres, in accordance with the Act on Taxi Services No. 120/2022.

The steering group overseeing the investigation of the source of the Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreak in October has concluded its work and submitted a comprehensive final report.

A law on the granting of Icelandic citizenship has been passed by Alþingi.