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The Health Ministry has announced the latest list of reimbursed drugs, which will take effect on April 1. It includes 29 new therapies, including 10 designed for oncology patients. The cutting-edge treatments will be available for lung, breast, ovarian and prostate cancer, among others, meaning a...
Dr. Beata Jagielska, director of the National Cancer Institute, talks about the role of diagnostics in oncology treatment.
Once a year, the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification prepares a list of highly innovative drug technologies for the Minister of Health. On March 14, 2025, AOTMiT submitted the fifth list to the Health Ministry. What therapies were included in the proposals to the MZ?
"My Health" is a new preventive program aimed at patients over the age of 20, which will be available through the National Health Service from May 2025. At primary care clinics, after completing a questionnaire on their health and lifestyle, patients will be able to take blood tests and discuss...
The idea of lowering the health premium raises serious concerns in the medical community. According to doctors, such a solution could lead to the weakening of the health care system, longer queues to specialists and a decline in the quality of medical services. - Looking for savings in health...
It is not nurses and midwives who decide on hospital budgets, financial policy or health care organization! - The Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives is reacting to what was said at a meeting of a panel on local government hospitals.
President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda handed out nomination acts to academic teachers and employees of science and the arts. Sixteen nominations were given to health-related individuals.
Patients using tracheostomy tubes are raising alarms about inadequate reimbursement, which forces them to use the same medical devices repeatedly. Lack of access to an adequate number of new tubes increases the risk of dangerous infections. The Ombudsman has asked the Health Ministry to take a...
New drugs may contain undeclared and dangerous contaminants that increase the risk of serious poisoning and even death. To use them is to put oneself at risk of losing one's health or life. In 2024, several deaths were reported in which a substance called N-etylonorpentedron (NEP) was detected in...
The Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council has expressed a negative opinion on the manner in which the draft regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education on educational standards for medical professions is being processed. It points out that the time for consultations was too...
Jak informuje biuro Rzecznika Praw Pacjenta, Ministerstwo Zdrowia przeznaczyło 6 mln zł na na uruchomieniu infolinii „Helpline”, platformy wsparcia dla pacjentów chorujących na Alzheimera i inne choroby otępienne oraz ich bliskich. 6 marca 2025 r. Ministerstwem Zdrowia i Rzecznik Praw Pacjenta...
Nursing students with a positive HIV test result face serious difficulties in completing their mandatory internships. Medical facilities with which universities cooperate require candidates to have a negative test result. Deputy Ombudsman Stanislaw Trociuk is intervening in the matter, directing...
The parliament has failed to pass a bill lowering the premium for entrepreneurs. The bill got legislative "breathlessness" in the final straight - all due to the volition of the Confederation and the Law and Justice club, although in fact the spiritus movens was Izabela Leszczyna and her hard...
On Monday, March 24, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna is not in favor of lowering the premium for entrepreneurs and has announced that she will not vote for the bill. - The NFZ will not be able to bear it," she admitted. The bill is already past its second reading, and on Thursday morning the combined Health and...
President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda handed out nomination acts to academic teachers and employees of science and the arts. As many as 22 nominations were given to health-related individuals.
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on types, scope and models of medical records and the manner of their processing has been submitted for consultation.
The European Parliament's Public Health Committee, in an opinion voted on March 19 on the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework beyond 2027, stressed the importance of funding drug production capacity in the EU and called for sufficient resources to develop and stockpile essential medical supplies.
Posłowie chcą uściślenia w nowelizacji ustawy o Państwowym Ratownictwie Medycznym zapisu dotyczącego czasu, jaki SOR będzie mieć na przejście pacjenta, przywiezionego karetką przez ratowników.
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