Another ruthless attack on a doctor in Poland - this time the aggressor's victim was a psychiatrist from Koszalin, who was attacked by a man who claimed to have been her patient in the past. The man threatened the doctor with death. The woman was taken to the hospital with facial injuries and...
Five days after the submission of bills for July, the National Health Service will transfer funds to hospitals, taking into account July's increases, Deputy Chairman of the National Health Service Marek Augustyn announced at the Sejm.
Long-term illness, disability and inflation are the biggest concerns of young Poles. They rarely think about future retirement, according to a survey conducted by ZUS among 18-25 year olds. Their knowledge of the social security system is incomplete, and they mainly look for sources of...
The All-Poland Doctors' Trade Union expresses concern over the protracted work on hospital reform. This is the third time the bill has been blocked at a meeting of the Council of Ministers. The doctors demand a transparent legislative process, real dialogue and remind of their own still...
Ombudsman Marcin Wiącek has approached the Health Minister with a proposal for changes to the regulations on granting licenses to practice the professions of doctor, dentist, nurse and midwife. He believes that the current regulations may violate constitutional freedoms and do not take into...
The Polish Diabetes Association and the Forum of Diabetes Experts are speaking out on the use of funds from the sugar levy in 2024. Although this is the first time the National Health Fund has published a detailed breakdown of expenditures, as the patient community emphasizes, there is still no...
Główny Inspektor Farmaceutyczny wstrzymał obrót jedną z serii szczepionki przeciw ospie wietrznej.
There won't be good accessibility to modern therapies without ensuring significantly higher health expenditures," Vice President of the National Health Fund Jakub Szulc said during a discussion dedicated to civilization diseases at the Patient Empowerment Congress. The panel dedicated to diseases...
We should strive to implement care regimens in accordance with the latest medical knowledge as soon as possible," said Dr. Malgorzata Galazka-Sobotka, referring to innovative therapies used in rare diseases during the Patient Empowerment Congress.
Starting July 1, women struggling with endometriosis will be able to count on free, comprehensive, publicly funded care. This is a long-awaited change, won by patients and experts who have been calling for years for endometriosis to be recognized as a serious health problem in need of systemic...
On Monday, June 2, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
Rafal Trzaskowski ahead of Karol Nawrocki, Nawrocki ahead of Trzaskowski. The polls, published in the last two nights before the election silence, say virtually nothing except that there will be a near tie. Maybe still that a higher turnout than in the first round will work in favor of the Civic...
Patient empowerment in the health care system is increasing," argued Deputy Health Minister Marek Kos at the opening of the Patient Empowerment Congress. This truth was confirmed by speeches by representatives of patient organizations, which proved that history is happening before our eyes.
Professor Anna Jeznach-Steinhagen, from the Department of Clinical Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Warsaw Medical University, talks about how continuous glycemic monitoring systems have changed patients' lives.
The draft amendment to the Reimbursement Act is an important step by the Health Ministry to improve the availability of medicines for patients and improve the operation of the pharmaceutical market in Poland. Entrepreneurs producing drugs in the country appreciate the increasing quality of...
- Restricting access to spinal cord stimulators can not only promote opioid addiction, but also exclude thousands of patients from professional and social life, says Professor Tomasz Mandat, head of the Nervous System Tumor Clinic at the National Cancer Institute.
The government has passed a draft law regulating the profession of psychologist and creating a professional self-government of psychologists. The new regulations are expected to raise the quality of psychological services, ensure patient safety and regulate access to the profession, which will be...
With two months to go before the planned end of the pilot program in mental health centers, it is still unclear whether the idea of community psychiatry will continue and on what terms. Despite assurances from the Health Ministry about the priority of this form of care, the lack of clear...
Paweł Wójtowicz, president of the Matio Foundation - Foundation for Helping Families and Patients with Cystic Fibrosis, talks about how cystic fibrosis is treated in Poland.
A survey of 385 psychotherapists shows that as many as 54 percent of them believe that patients' use of ChatGPT for psychological purposes can have a positive effect on them. What's more, nearly 10 percent of this group indicate that this happens frequently.
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