The "Physician, Respond to Violence!" campaign, the third edition of which was inaugurated on Wednesday, is designed to strengthen the role of doctors and other medical professionals in the fight against domestic violence. The campaign is under the patronage of the Ministry of Health, the...
Representatives of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber (NIA) spoke at a meeting of the Parliamentary Group for the Regulation of the Pharmacy Market and Medicinal Products, presenting their position on the problem of pharmacy availability, the so-called "white spots" and the principles of the...
I don't see any reason, other than political, why the president, the bishops, politicians, undermine the need for health education and the competence of teachers. I just don't agree with it," Barbara Nowacka, Minister of National Education, said at a Monday conference on health education.
The GrowSPACE Foundation, as part of its months-long "Zero Percent Truth" campaign, which aims to counteract the early alcohol initiation of children and young people and the total ban on public advertising of beer, including so-called "zero" beverages, presents the results of a survey conducted...
The Supreme Chamber of Physicians has asked the National Health Fund to provide a list of drugs that most often cause doctors difficulties in determining reimbursement levels. The president of the NRL, Lukasz Jankowski, stresses that the data could be crucial to the work on a modern, automated...
The Polish Society of Rheumatology has issued a position paper on expanding access to innovative treatment for rheumatic diseases in Poland as of October 1, 2025.
The Supreme Pharmaceutical Council once again expresses its opposition to subjecting general pharmacies to obligations under the deposit system. According to the self-government, such a solution violates the pharmaceutical law, generates excessive costs and poses a threat to the availability of...
An efficient health care delivery system and e-health - among the dozens of priorities of Donald Tusk's government for the second half of its term, health care was not absent. It has found a place in the third pillar "Efficient state, rule of law."
Obstructive sleep apnea (OBS) is one of the most common sleep disorders that significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. Until now, it has been treated primarily as a problem resulting from anatomical structure and upper airway obstruction. However, a recent study authored by...
As of September 6, 2025, higher rates of benefits from the Medical Event Compensation Fund are in effect. This solution, introduced at the initiative of Patient Ombudsman Bartholomew Chmiellow, allows patients and their relatives to get financial support faster without the need for lengthy...
As of September 17, patients can make appointments with optometrists, psychologists and sports medicine doctors without a referral. This is the result of an amendment to the law on services financed by the National Health Fund, which aims to facilitate access to specialists and shorten queues.
September is celebrated worldwide as Children's Cancer Awareness Month. The campaign, known as Golden September, was launched in 2010 in the U.S. by President Barack Obama and has been gaining more and more coverage ever since. In Poland, since 2022, the initiator and organizer of the Golden...
Dr. Alicja Karney, M.D., has been appointed director of the Mother and Child Institute. Since 2017, she has served as Deputy Director for Clinical Affairs, working with Dr. Tomasz Maciejewski - longtime head of the Institute, now Deputy Minister of Health.
The National Trade Union of Nurses and Midwives has called for the urgent launch of a supplementary course in nursing for midwives at risk of losing their jobs. In a position paper dated September 9, 2025, the National Board of the National Union of Nurses and Midwives points to the need for...
The Medical Center for Postgraduate Education has a new director. On September 16, Prof. Krzysztof J. Filipiak, director of the CMKP, appointed Prof. Katarzyna Kosinska-Kaczyńska, Prof. Dorota Koziel, Prof. Jaroslaw Czubak and Prof. Marcin Kurzyna as his deputies.
It has been possible to eliminate the most problematic provisions and clarify key issues related to the granting of PWZs, which is expected to directly translate into patient safety, the Supreme Medical Council reports.
The guests of the latest episode of the podcast "It's Rare to Talk About It," dedicated to girls and women with phenylketonuria, are Prof. Maria Giżewska, specialist in pediatrics, metabolic pediatrics, provincial consultant in metabolic pediatrics for the West Pomeranian region, vice-chair of...
The Medical Forces Command was inaugurated in Krakow. The new structure is to be responsible for the development of battlefield medicine, personnel preparation and cooperation with the civilian system.
Główny Inspektorat Farmaceutyczny dołączył do europejskiej kampanii „Leki to nie słodycze”, która przypomina, że leki dostępne bez recepty powinny być stosowane odpowiedzialnie i zgodnie z zaleceniami.
The Central Anti-Corruption Bureau has detained the director of one of the research institutes . Officers caught him accepting another tranche of bribes in exchange for the unauthorized distribution of funds from the National Reconstruction Plan and citing influence at medical universities.
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