Midwives and PCP nurses are unable to provide services under the "My Health - Adult Health Balance" program due to technical limitations in the gabinet.gov.pl application. The National Association of Family Midwives is calling on the National Health Fund for urgent corrective action and equal...
We are prepared to smoothly transfer the funds necessary to implement the statutory provisions for salary increases," assured NFZ President Filip Nowak on Monday.
Despite twice negative assessments by the Polish Accreditation Commission, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education has recommended that 30 places each be granted to medical faculties at the Academy of Applied Sciences in Nowy Sacz and Nowy Targ. The OZZL Residents' Agreement describes the...
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is over, its psychological effects are still evident. There is a marked increase in mental disorders and a growing problem of loneliness - phenomena that can be described as post-pandemic stress.
It will be the first and only molecularly targeted therapy in Europe for the treatment of diffuse glioblastoma grade II, with IDH (isocitrate dehydrogenase) gene mutations. What drug is involved?
The Ombudsman has received reports that in some hospitals patients are not provided with basic accessories such as cutlery for eating meals. The Ombudsman's Office has approached the Ministry of Health about the issue, stressing that proper feeding conditions are part of the health service and...
The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft law on central e-registration, one of the most important digital services in health care. As of January 1, 2026, some services will have to be registered through a central system. Patients will gain easier access to doctors and examinations, and...
The Left does not support the bill reforming hospitals, Joanna Wicha announced during the second reading. Shortly thereafter, Prime Minister Donald Tusk explained to ministers and deputy ministers that they would be required to vote in favor of the government's proposals from the "next session of...
The Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives is calling for enrollment caps in midwifery studies. Dramatically low birth rates, the closure of maternity wards and the declining number of women of childbearing age mean that excess graduates may soon fill the ranks of the unemployed.
Although this summer's thesis is not confirmed, climate change is making us urgently prepare to function in extremely high temperatures. Heat waves, or days when the daytime temperature exceeds 30 degrees Celsius, especially if accompanied by tropical nights, have a large and negative impact on...
On Monday, July 28, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
The Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector issued a decision to close more than a hundred pharmacies for selling drugs to NZOZs that had wholesalers between 2015 and 2018. Because "knowingly" they were supposed to be involved in exporting drugs abroad. But "knowingly" is a relative category. Economic...
Endometriosis and the current situation of patients in Poland.
The Minister of Health has appointed a Plenipotentiary for Cooperation with Medical Entities Supervised by the Minister of Defense. The newly created position was assumed by Prof. Jerzy Sienko, MD, affiliated with the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin.
The prime minister's words that "the only goal will be to improve the situation of patients, not doctors" have caused consternation in the medical community. Does this mean that so far the ministry's goal has been to improve the situation of doctors at the expense of patients? If so, the effects...
National Drug Manufacturers appreciates the contribution of Minister Izabela Leszczyna and the entire leadership and team of the ministry to building Poland's drug security, and hopes that these activities will be continued by the new Minister Jolanta Sobieranska-Grenda.
Jolanta Sobierańska-Gerenda is the new health minister. But that's not all: in presenting the composition and plans of the new government, the prime minister announced that within days the health ministry will be completely depoliticized and entrusted to health care management professionals.
- The Polish presidency's agenda for health - understood as the health of the EU population, the efficiency and effectiveness of health systems, as well as unimpeded access to medicines - has set the priorities of the European Commission's work for the current term. And, most importantly, we are...
Four in ten Poles believe that government reconstruction will not improve the ruling coalition's ratings, according to a poll conducted for Onet in recent days by the SW Research studio. Slightly more than 25 percent of respondents are of the opposite opinion, but only one in 12 is absolutely...
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