This year's latest list of reimbursed drugs includes 50 molecules. Nearly half (22) are cancer therapies, including a large group of drugs dedicated to women, the Health Ministry said Monday.
Press conference by Deputy Health Minister Katherine Kacperyczk on the October draft list of reimbursed drugs.
The Federation Porozumienie Zielonogórskie is warning that a new order by NFZ President Filip Nowak threatens the future of coordinated care in primary care. According to family doctors, the decision will lead to the de facto elimination of services that in recent years have realistically...
The Health and Public Finance Committees approved the NFZ's activity reports, including the financial statements for 2024. The Fund's loss last year amounted to more than PLN 7.7 billion - and was fully covered by the reserve fund. Expenditures for free medicines and services performed over the...
The unknown makes a person afraid, and therefore you are afraid of health education," Deputy Minister of National Education Katarzyna Lubnauer said to Law and Justice (PiS) deputies in the Sejm on Thursday.
Lekarze rodzinni alarmowali, że od października zabraknie środków na finansowanie pracy koordynatorów w podstawowej opiece zdrowotnej. NFZ uspokaja – zadania koordynatora są finansowane od 2021 r. i nic się w tym zakresie nie zmienia. Co więcej, od października 2025 r. poszerzy się grupa...
The National Health Fund's budget next year will lack at least PLN 23 billion to cover the cost of services, the authors of the latest edition of the Health Care Financing Monitor point out."
On Monday, September 15, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
An order on the terms of reference of Undersecretaries of State and the Director General at the Ministry of Health has been published in the Official Gazette of the Ministry of Health. The document precisely defines the division of duties in the leadership of the ministry and indicates which...
Each additional hour a child spends outdoors means a 2 percent lower risk of developing myopia," stresses Wojciech Hautz, MD, professor of IPCZD, Department of Ophthalmology, Institute "Pomnik - Children's Health Center" in Warsaw. The expert explains why this defect is developing at such a fast...
W odpowiedzi na rosnące wyzwania związane z diagnostyką i leczeniem sepsy, czołowi przedstawiciele polskiej medycyny, administracji publicznej i organizacji pacjenckich spotkają się 11 września 2025 roku w Warszawie. Podczas II Międzynarodowego Seminarium "SEPSA – WIZJA PRZYSZŁOŚCI",...
The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft amendment to the Law on the Profession of Nurse and Midwife. The changes are technical in nature and are due to the need to adapt Polish regulations to European Union law on the recognition of professional qualifications. At issue are nurses from Romania.
Starting September 9, 2025, patients will receive e-referrals for free COVID-19 vaccinations for the 2025/2026 season. Registration for appointments will start on September 15, and the vaccinations themselves will begin a week later.
Health Minister Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda has handed out appointments to new deputy health ministers. The positions were assumed by Katarzyna Kęcka, MD, PhD, and Tomasz Maciejewski, MD, PhD.
On September 6, 2025, during the Extraordinary National Convention of Physiotherapists, delegates from all over the country decided to dismiss the current president of the NCF and elect a new one.
It's all about hemophilia. - With regard to the periodically recurring information in the public space regarding limitations in access to hemophilia treatment, we assure that every patient with hemophilia has access to modern preventive and stabilizing treatment for his disease. The hemophilia...
Wider access to sublingual immunotherapy in children with inhalant allergies can not only improve the health of the little ones, but also significantly ease the burden on families. As Hubert Godziątkowski points out, effective treatment means not only fewer symptoms and doctor visits, but above...
Nurseries and kindergartens are not allowed to demand certificates from parents about their child's health, which means that family doctors are not obliged to issue them! - If, despite everything, establishments try to impose their rules, parents can, and should, report this to the Ombudsman for...
On Monday, September 8, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
On why health education should accompany children from kindergarten, how to impart knowledge in an attractive way, and why habits formed in the first years of life stay with us forever - in an interview with Medexpress - Michal Brzezinski, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pediatrics,...
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