Poland is aging at a rapid pace. In this context, the 65+ free drug list is not just a social benefit, but an important tool of the health care system. At the Medical Rationale of State press briefing, experts agreed: the program should be protected and expanded.
On Monday, June 1, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
Wroclaw Medical University has just been among nineteen scientific institutions in Europe that have been awarded a Teaming for Exellence grant - one of the most prestigious European grants supporting the creation of centers of excellence in countries with a less developed scientific sector. The...
The Ministries of Health, State Assets and Infrastructure have signed an agreement on joint activities to promote prevention and health education. The initiative is expected to increase Poles' health awareness and improve reporting on free preventive examinations, which are still used by too few...
Poland's health care system is becoming increasingly dependent on the work of nurses who have already reached retirement age, according to a recent report by the All-Poland Professional Association of Nurses and Midwives. Although the number of nurses working with patients has increased slightly,...
The Ministry of Health has published an announcement regarding the issuance of reimbursable prescriptions for vaccines recommended for pregnant women during hospitalization. The ministry stresses that if the doctor considers the vaccination medically justified, its administration may be part of...
For the first time, we are above the European average in terms of the availability of innovative medicines - this would be the main news from Monday's Access GAP 2026 conference, if it were not for the fact that a huge problem has emerged: the financial crisis of the National Health Fund, which...
The Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, together with the University of Silesia and the Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, has been granted a US patent for an innovative medical solution for an organic membrane blood oxygenator, or new ECMO. The patent was granted by...
Krajowy Zjazd Lekarzy powtórnie wybrał Łukasza Jankowskiego na stanowisko prezesa Naczelnej Rady Lekarskiej. Jankowski uzyskał 266 głosów, jego kontrkandydat Tadeusz Urban – 193.
On Monday, May 25, the next meeting of the AOTMiT Transparency Council.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki met with the president of the Supreme Medical Council on Wednesday. The discussion concerned a law providing for an extension of the deadline for non-EU medical professionals with a conditional right to practice Polish at the B1 level to present a Polish language...
The draft amendment to the Law on the Profession of Nursing and Midwifery, which Deputy Minister Katarzyna Kęcka boasted about in the Health Committee at the last session of the Sejm, has caused not so much a dispute as a massive row in the nursing and midwifery community and - probably - a...
Doctors and patients speak with one voice: remission in inflammatory bowel diseases is the therapeutic goal today, and modern drugs are changing the lives of patients - but only those who reach them. And this is still a problem in Poland.
The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever caused by the Bundibugyo virus (BVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern. As of mid-May, 77 suspected cases and 67 deaths had already been reported,...
The National Health Fund is warning of another massive phishing campaign targeting patients. Using the National Health Fund's logo and image, scammers are sending out fake e-mails regarding alleged "reimbursement." The goal is to phish for payment card details and access to money.
April's reimbursement list brought long-awaited changes for lung cancer patients. Among the new therapies was amivantamab, a novel bispecific antibody reimbursed in two indications for patients with EGFR mutations.
Nusinersen was the first drug used to treat spinal muscular atrophy in Poland, and after seven years of clinical experience it remains a therapy with proven efficacy and safety. - In the majority of patients, we observe not only stabilization of the disease, but also real improvement in...
NIL IN - The Network of Innovative Physicians has prepared two guides on communication during inpatient visits and tele-visits - one aimed at physicians, the other at patients.
Access to laboratory tests fundamentally increases the proficiency of patients, because it allows them to better understand their own body and consciously influence their health, says Dr. Agata Strukow, director of Medical Education at ALAB Laboratoria. As she emphasizes, regular performance of...
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