On February 13th, at the Sameyki awards ceremony, the results of the Institution of the Year 2024 selection were announced. This time, Sjónstöðin was one of the state institutions nominated for Institution of the Year.

The latest issue of the Icelandic Medical Journal features an article presenting the results of a study by three TR employees. The aim of the article was to analyse the development of diagnoses leading to a disability or rehabilitation pension since the year 2000. The focus was on the diagnoses that increased the most and the development by gender, age and origin.

In conjunction with the implementation of a new disability, sickness, and rehabilitation system on 1 September 2025, TR has held eleven courses on the new system, which have been attended by over 500 professionals.

Those who are preparing an application for an old-age pension from TR and would like more information can access a recording of material from TR's information meeting in November below.

A proposed income plan for approximately 68,300 customers for the year 2026 has been published on My Pages. The proposal shows the estimated income for each individual for the next year.

The December bonus for old-age and disability pension and medical- and rehabilitation allowance will be paid on December 1st along with the monthly allowance to our clients.

Yesterday, around 19,300 individuals who were entitled to a disability pension or new medical- and rehabilitation allowance were invited to take part in a survey on housing for disabled people, which is being conducted by the Social Science Research Institute of the University of Iceland for the Icelandic Disability Alliance.

The World Health Organization (WHO) dedicates one week each year to immunization, from April 24–30. In Europe, both WHO Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) are responsible for producing materials and disseminating information in connection with European Immunization Week.

Lífsbrú – Centre for Suicide Prevention at the Directorate of Health has completed an updated security checklist to support safer environments in hospitals and treatment facilities, supported housing units, and nursing homes. The checklist has been developed in line with Action 3.3 of the Icelandic government’s action plan.

The annual influenza outbreak is continuing, and the number of confirmed cases has remained similar over the past weeks. The peak was in December 2025, and confirmed cases declined after the New Year and have remained stable since then.