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Managers Appeal To The Conscience Of Weary Nurses
Facing a staffing shortage, the Icelandic Nurses’ Association is concerned that “pangs of conscience” might force nurses to work exceedingly long hours, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]Summer Sale on T-Shirts in the Grapevine shop! We only have a chance to wear a T-shirt outdoors…
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Icelandic Government Tackles Potential Nursing Staff Shortages
A significant expansion of medical training opportunities was unveiled as part of the Icelandic government’s attempt to solve a looming shortage of qualified nursing staff, Vísir reports. Last August, working groups from the Ministries of Health and Education expressed concern about low…
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Icelandic Nurses Vote Yes To Strike
An overwhelming majority of nurses have voted Yes to going on strike, The Icelandic Nurses’ Association has announced. Voter participation was also very high. If nothing changes, the strike will begin on June 22nd. As reported, the nurses have been in an…
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COVID-19 In Iceland: Four Active Cases, More Changes On Monday
One new case was detected by deCODE genetics yesterday, meaning here are currently four active infections in Iceland. Just five cases have been reported so far this month. Chief epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason expects Iceland to reach the milestone of no active infections…
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Icelandic Nurses Association To Pay School Fees For Male Nurse Students
The Icelandic Nurses’ Association has recently announced their intention to pay school fees for young male students, in order to encourage more men to become nurses in Iceland, RÚV reports. Jobs in nursing have always been seen as essentially female, and in…
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Catholic Bishop Of Iceland Speaks Up About Circumcision
Davíð Tencer, the Catholic Bishop of Iceland, has recently declared his support for the Jewish and Muslim community in their fight to practice their religion of freedom, RÚV reports. Tencer is the latest religious leader to voice his opinion about the controversial circumcision…
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National Hospital Of Iceland Deprived Of 120 Beds In Couple Of Months
Around twenty hospital beds have recently been taken from the National University Hospital of Iceland due to shortage of resource and staff, Visir reports. The decision to scrap these 20 beds from the hospital equipment list comes just a month after the…
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Nurse Resignations: A Chance To Privatise Health Care
An MP for the Independence Party believes the mass resignations of Iceland’s nurses is a great opportunity to start privatising health care. In a column published by Fréttablaðið, Independence Party MP Sigríður Á. Andersen argued that the current crisis in the health…
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Health Minister Looking Into Hiring Foreign Nurses
The Minister of Health is considering hiring nurses from abroad to replace the Icelandic nurses who are resigning, some of them moving abroad. Minister of Health Kristján Þór Júlíusson told RÚV that one of the options the government is looking into to…
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Nurses Overwhelmingly Reject Government Offer
Workers in the Icelandic Nurse’s Association (FÍH) have voted to reject a collective agreement from the government, as resignations continue to climb. Kjarninn reports that 88.4% of voting FÍH members rejected a proposed deal from the government regarding wage increases. A collective…
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Nurses And Government Strike Deal
A deal has been reached between the government and the nurse’s union, although still pending the approval of union members. MBL reports that the new collective bargaining agreement – if union members vote to approve it – would offer an 18.6% salary…
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Finance Minister: Nurse Resignations Are Negotiation Tactic
Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson said that the mass resignation of nurses that is still ongoing is “intended to influence collective bargaining negotiations.” Stundin reports that Bjarni, speaking to listeners of the radio programme Helgarútgáfan on State Radio outlet Rás 2 yesterday morning,…
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Nurse School Graduates Wear Black Ribbons
Many newly graduated nurses will wear a black ribbon in protest against wage-based gender discrimination in Iceland. At the same time, even more nurses have resigned from their jobs, adding to the growing list of nurse resignations after parliament passed a law…
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UK Trade Union Supports Iceland’s Nurses
The UK’s second largest trade union has issued a statement of solidarity with Iceland’s nurses, who are preparing to take the government to court for strike-breaking legislation levied against them. At a conference held this week in Glasgow of Unison, a British…
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Nurses Invited To Free Concert
Up to 500 free tickets to a concert this Friday are available to any nurses who arrive at Harpa to attend, and all they need provide is a work ID to gain entry. Stundin reports that this Friday, Harpa will be hosting…
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Law On Nurses Strike Passes, Resignations Follow En Masse
Parliament passed a law commanding striking nurses go back to work, resulting in mass resignations and criticism of the law as “completely unnecessary”. Last Sunday, parliament passed a law ordering striking nurses to go back to work, and then have an arbitration…
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Parliament Debates Law On Nurses Strike, PM Goes To Football Game
While parliament hotly debated a law that would force striking nurses back to work, the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister went to the UEFA game. A bill that would force striking nurses back to work – and then have an arbitration…
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Law On Nurses’ Strike To Hit Parliament Floor Tomorrow
The government has announced that it will use legislation to force an end to the nurses’ strike, while a nurse union leader warns this will only lead to more nurses quitting. MBL reports that the government has announced this evening that, tomorrow…
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Government Getting More Involved In Nurses’ Strike
The government will form a “conciliation committee” to try to end the nurses’ and university workers’ strike, and may be preparing legislation as well. Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson has announced that the government will form the committee to focus exclusively on…
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Severe Nursing Shortage Expected
A severe shortage of nurses in Iceland is expected in coming years, reports RÚV. Ólafur G. Skúlason, chairman of the Icelandic Nurses’s Association, estimates that roughly 900 of the 2800 nurses working today will retire within the next 3 years. At the…