Nurses won't be issuing sick leave - but from spring 2026, they will gain important new powers of judgment. The Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives explains what the changes in the amendment to the Social Security Act signed by the President of the Republic of Poland entail, and why there has...
The President of the National Health Fund has signed a new order amending the rules for concluding and implementing contracts in primary care. The document introduces, among other things, a quarterly incentive bonus in coordinated care, a lump sum for coordinators in the first performance period,...
Ministerstwo Zdrowia opublikował wykaz produktów leczniczych, które nie podlegają finansowaniu w ramach procedury ratunkowego dostępu do technologii lekowych (RDTL). Resort zdrowia zapewnia, że pacjenci, którzy rozpoczęli leczenie przed wejściem w życie wykazu, zachowują prawo do kontynuacji...
On Monday, January 19, the next meeting of the AOTMiT Transparency Council.
The Ministry of Health has expanded the list of immunizations that can be performed in pharmacies. As of February 1, 2026, adults will gain access to more vaccinations carried out in pharmacies, which is expected to improve the availability of infectious disease prevention.
The Health Ministry argues that the so-called "birth rooms", which are to operate in hospitals without maternity wards, are a safeguard for incidental, emergency, births. - Polish women are to give birth in maternity wards, not in EDs, Deputy Health Minister Tomasz Maciejewski assured on Wednesday.
According to experts in the Medical Rationale of State, 2025 saw an increase in the importance of health challenges in public discourse. The Dec. 18, 2025 debate summarized changes in the health care field in the ending year and identified challenges for 2026. - demographics related to...
Although the war in Ukraine is now in its third year, humanitarian and social needs are not diminishing. At the same time, health crises also affect those who receive daily treatment in Polish hospitals. Marek Orzechowski, president of the Totalizator Sportowy Foundation, talks about what long-...
Cost and regulatory pressures, dependence on Asian supplies of active ingredients and the growing importance of drug sovereignty were the main topics of a meeting between Finance and Economy Minister Andrzej Domanski and representatives of the Polish pharmaceutical industry. The talks focused on...
Preparedness of the civilian health care system in times of crises, security of patient data, adverse events in hospitals, and implementation of preventive and oncology programs - these are key health-related areas that will be the focus of the Supreme Audit Office in 2026. The Supreme Audit...
The next meeting of the AOTMiT Transparency Council will be held on Monday, January 12.
Left politicians want to convince the public and health system stakeholders of their proposals for change. The so-called Necessary Plan envisages, among other things, replacing the health premium with a tax. But it's not just about nomenclature.
The National Health Fund announces changes in the rules for financing home and outpatient rehabilitation. After more than a year of talks with the physiotherapist community, the National Health Fund points to improvements in the availability of services, but at the same time proposes to further...
Health education or... Either we can't cope, the system won't hold up organizationally and financially, the public's health indicators will sink - this is how the expert discussion on lifestyle-dependent diseases at the 12th Public Health Congress could be summarized, in the shortest terms.
About 1.5 million appointments were not canceled in 2024, and the National Health Service's actions only partially reduce the phenomenon. There is still no systemic solution," Civic Coalition MPs alarmed on Thursday, asking the Health Ministry about the measures being taken in this area.
On Monday, December 22, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
Diabetology has become one of the fastest growing fields of medicine in recent years, and Polish patients - at least in theory - have access to most modern therapies almost at the same time as other countries. Prof. Leszek Czupryniak, head of the Department of Diabetology and Internal Diseases at...
Brain diseases are one of Poland's biggest health, social and economic challenges today. - The brain is really us. The quality of our entire life depends on its condition," experts stressed at Tuesday's conference, attended among others by Health Minister Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda.
Drug security is becoming one of the most important elements of a country's resilience to crises, including armed conflict. During the conference "HEALTH SYSTEM IN WAR TIME. HOW TO USE UKRAINIAN EXPERIENCE?" experts stressed that without a stable supply of medicines, even the best-prepared health...
The European Parliament's Public Health Committee voted on December 15 to adopt a position on the Critical Medicines Act. It pointed out the need to supplement the original version of the draft with broader guidelines for assisting countries in the production of critical medicines and the...
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