Kristín Heimisdóttir is currently working as a psychologist at HSN in Þórshöfn, Langanes. When she started studying at the age of 38, she hadn’t thought of moving away to work as a psychologist. She wanted to work in her hometown and show that it’s possible to work as a psychologist anywhere in the country.

HSU in Selfoss // Halla Arnfríður Grétarsdóttir, department manager at Emergency Room

The Directorate of Labour pays the December allowance to job seekers no later than 15 December. The unpaid December allowance is ISK 104,955. Those who confirm their job search between 20 November and 3 December 2024 and have been fully insured in the unemployment insurance scheme for a total of ten months or more in 2024 are entitled to a full December allowance.

The Chief Epidemiologist’s respiratory infections dashboard has been updated with data through week 45 (November 4–10, 2024).

Newsletter of Digital Iceland August 2024.

There are now 14 opinions from CCPE.

Díana Óskarddóttir, CEO of The Health Care Institution of South Iceland

New data released earlier this week by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) suggest that European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries are not on track to meet their goal of reducing antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic use.

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).

On Thursday 25 August, in addition to meeting with the management of the hospital in Akranes, Minister of Health Willum Þórsson visited HVE on the occasion of the formal opening of a new operating room in the hospital.