- There is a singularization of old age. We observe this every day in geriatric wards. We have more and more patients who are lonely, have no indications for hospitalization, and there is nowhere to discharge them," said Prof. Tomasz Targowski, head of the Geriatrics Clinic and Polyclinic of the...
An interview with Prof. Piotr Kuna of the Medical University of Lodz.
Interview with Deputy Minister of Health Wojciech Konieczny, conducted during the 8th Patient Empowerment Congress.
W końcu 2023 r. działalność prowadziło 11,5 tys. aptek i 1,1 tys. punktów aptecznych – podaje Główny Urząd Statystyczny. To o odpowiednio o 1,6 oraz 2,5 proc. mniej, niż w roku poprzednim. Średnio na jedną aptekę i punkt apteczny przypada niemal 3 tys. pacjentów. Okazuje się też, że zawód...
Interview with Prof. Tomasz Szczepanski, president of the Polish Society of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology.
- We have lifted limits on hospice and palliative care, and are raising the valuation of these services. As of July 1, the valuation of services in psychiatry will increase. I have announced a competition for 3 billion zlotys to subsidize psychiatric hospitals for children and adolescents. They...
- Every day we dispense narcotics, the heaviest drugs, and suddenly it turns out that with this one there is such a big political dispute, and yet this can be completely peacefully reconciled. This project should be worked on, and at the same time give a free hand to pharmacists. Let them decide...
"Efforts should be made to ensure that every woman in labor has access to anesthesia during childbirth. The introduction of an adjustment coefficient by the National Health Fund may favorably affect the actual availability of anesthesia during natural childbirth and thus contribute to improving...
- We think this pilot makes sense, but our recommendation to pharmacists is clear. In the case of a minor patient, the consent of the legal guardian should be required," Marek Tomkow, president of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber, comments in an interview with Medexpress, referring to the...
A pilot for pharmacist services for reproductive health began on May 1. The idea is to be able to dispense emergency contraception in pharmacies on the basis of a pharmacist's prescription to patients over the age of 15. However, this does not mean that they will be able to buy the pill right...
Cold, abdominal pain, fever. Illness does not choose. We may feel worse during the long May weekend. Where can we find medical help?
Until May 9, entities interested in implementing the infertility treatment program in 2024-2028 can submit their bids. The Ministry of Health has announced a competition. The program will be implemented under the rules provided for the health policy program.
- The main point of my program is a self-government common to all chambers, which is supposed to unite, integrate doctors," said Dr. Artur Drobniak, the new president of the District Medical Chamber of Warsaw, during a meeting with the media. He presented the chamber's strategy for systemic and...
- The most years in health and the most years of life are taken away from us by smoking, high blood pressure and high BMI, i.e. overweight and obesity," said Dr. Janusz Krupa, president of the Institute for Conscious Man, during the presentation of the report "Smoking - the most important health...
Interest in participating in the council created under the Minister for Senior Citizenship Policy exceeded the expectations of the authors of the idea for its establishment. There were 30 seats to fill, and the number of applications exceeded 170. Minister Marzena Okła-Drewnowicz wants to involve...
Clinical trials are less and less talked about anymore as the last possible therapy to be implemented or a medical experiment. In fact, it is through them that patients gain access to innovative treatments, not only in the last, but also in the first lines of treatment. The development of the...
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in Poland and worldwide, the National Health Fund reminds us. Lifestyle changes and early diagnosis can reverse this unfavorable trend. Poles can benefit from examinations under the CVD prevention program.
- I will want to introduce the first elements of e-registration from June 1, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna announced in an interview with Polish Radio Program 3. For now only "to certain specialists," but it is not known which ones. What is known is that orthopedists and traumatologists of...
Family education will disappear from school timetables. In its place, with a significantly expanded program and probably more hours, a new subject will appear: health education. The first classes will start at the beginning of the 2025/2026 school year, but preparations for the launch of the new...
"Clinical classes must be held with respect for the dignity of the patient in groups of no more than 6 people," calls the Residents' Agreement of the All-Poland Physicians' Trade Union. Due to the fact that some of the new medical faculties, according to the PKA's opinion, planned to conduct...
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