September is the time when children return to school and kindergarten, and for family doctors - the beginning of the annual marathon of bureaucracy. In addition to an increase in the number of infections and health balances, primary care clinics are flooded with a wave of requests for...
On Monday, August 25, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
"The GrowSPACE Foundation has established the "Meal for Every Child" Legislative Initiative Committee, and we are beginning to collect signatures for a citizen's bill that guarantees elementary school children and students across Poland one hot, healthy, free meal between classes" - announced...
The Ministry of Health hosted a meeting between Minister of Health Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda and President of the National Council of Laboratory Diagnosticians Monika Pintal-Slimak. The talks concerned the role of laboratory diagnosticians in the health care system and the most important demands...
The Health Minister's draft regulation provides for an increase in the flat rate per beneficiary in the mental health centers pilot program - from PLN 75.74 to PLN 82.55. The change - in line with the recommendation of the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification - is to take...
Ministerstwo Zdrowia oraz Agencja Oceny Technologii Medycznych i Taryfikacji po raz pierwszy od wielu lat zatwierdziły najwyższą możliwą wycenę świadczeń w opiece długoterminowej – zarówno domowej, jak i stacjonarnej.
The government has adopted a draft amendment to the Criminal Code and the Misdemeanor Code, which is expected to increase legal protection not only for public officials, but also for doctors, nurses, mountain and water rescuers and ordinary citizens providing assistance. An attack on an...
The Health Ministry has released for consultation a draft regulation on key recommendations for cardiac care and clinical management. The regulations are intended to standardize the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease across the country, improve the quality of care and ensure equal access to...
The three union headquarters have sent a letter to President Karol Nawrocki expressing concern about the provisions of the pending presidential amendment to the Health Benefits Law, or - the Hospitality Law. In the letter they present a long list of concerns, even allegations. There is no direct...
This is only a temporary coincidence, not a causal relationship, but worth noting. At the end of last week, the media publicized a letter from the All-Polish Trade Union of Nurses and Midwives on changes to the law on minimum wages; a few days later, the health ministry announced the resignation...
Cabbage poultices "for cancer," a tincture of grated horseradish with vodka "for back pain," and depression cured by talking to a chiropractor - such advice can still be read in magazines available in Post Office outlets. Doctors alert that despite earlier protests, nothing has changed, and...
Prof. Piotr Czauderna has been appointed by President Karol Nawrocki as social advisor.
- The period after returning from vacation is a crucial time to either rebuild positive habits or lose them altogether. The main obstacle is often psychological rather than physiological. Therefore, the narrative needs to move away from "repairing the damage" to "a gentle return to a supportive...
Lack of specialist doctors, delayed decisions, vague justifications, plus architectural barriers and faulty application practices - this is the system for assessing disability and determining the level of need for support in Wielkopolska. The Delegation of the Supreme Chamber of Control in Poznań...
On Monday, August 18, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
Vacations are a time to recuperate, relax and enjoy life, and eating is an integral and highly enjoyable part of it. Unfortunately, for many people, the prospect of a vacation is associated with the fear of losing control of their diets and undoing their previous efforts. This is the trap of all-...
On Monday, June 11, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
The Ministry of Health said that in July/August 2025, the e-Health Center completed the IT work that enables nurses and midwives of the PCP to fully implement the "My Health - Health Balance of an Adult" service.
The request for a preventive review of the constitutionality of the legislation allowing children to receive psychological help without the consent of their parents and guardians symbolically sums up ten years of Andrzej Duda's presidency.
A joint grant from the Silesian Medical University, the Department of Pediatric Surgery in Zurich and the Wroclaw University of Technology aims to grow human cartilage tissue individually selected for each fetus with spina bifida.
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