A law went into effect today (1.09.), on the basis of which people who are 65 years of age or older, as well as children and adolescents under 18 years of age, will receive the right to selected free medicines.
More than PLN 7 billion in profit was recorded by the National Health Fund in 2022, according to the annual report on the implementation of the financial plan, presented at the August meeting of the Parliamentary Health Committee. Most of this result was influenced by the failure to carry out the...
To zmiany, na które onkolodzy i chorzy na raka płuca czekali od dawna. We wrześniowej liście leków refundowanych w pierwszej linii leczenia dla pacjentów z nie drobnokomórkowym rakiem płuca i mutacją ALK udostępniony zostanie lorlatynib. To lek, dzięki któremu aż kilkunastokrotnie udaje się...
On Wednesday (30.08.) in the Official Gazette of the Ministry of Health, an order was published by the Minister of Health on the appointment of a Team for the development of draft regulations governing the nursing and midwifery professions.
- Investing in the younger generation is an investment that will pay us back in a few years. Building good eating habits and showing that we can control diseases of civilization is a great idea. We need to work together in this field and not create barriers," said MP Barbara Dziuk of the Law and...
- Down syndrome will certainly be on the list of diseases qualifying for a permanently issued disability certificate, Pawel Wdowik, deputy minister of family and social policy and government plenipotentiary for people with disabilities, wrote on Twitter.
It is no longer only in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship that we are dealing with the occurrence of legionellosis due to infection with the Legionella bacterium. In recent days, the infection has also been confirmed in patients from the Lubelskie and Malopolskie provinces.
The National Blood Center reminds that blood is needed all year round and appeals to blood donors to come to Blood Donation and Hemotherapy Centers, Area Branches or mobile blood collection events.
More than three-quarters of large employers in the U.S. have seen an increase in mental health needs in their employees in recent years, according to a recent report compiled by the Business Group of Health. These include depression, anxiety and substance use disorders.
The seventh person found to be infected with Legionella has died, Chief Sanitary Inspector Krzysztof Saczka told Polsat News. A total of 76 infected people have been diagnosed with the infection so far.
- We are faced with an outrageous situation. A report by the Supreme Chamber of Control is shown, which could even be called shocking, if it were not for the fact that we have been emphasizing for many years that we have a collapse in the education of medical personnel. At the same time, medical...
- The position of the patient in the health care system is crucial and must be strengthened, Health Minister Katherine Sójka said during a meeting with organizations representing patients on Friday. The meeting with the Council of Patients' Organizations under the Minister of Health and the...
From 18 to 25 months after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the period during which a citizen of that country who has obtained qualifications as a doctor or dentist outside the territory of the European Union member states can be granted permission to practice in Poland and be granted a...
The requirements to be met by a university in order to launch a degree program in medicine will be lowered, MPs decided during Friday's session, rejecting the Senate's amendments to amend the provisions of, among others, the Law on Higher Education and Science.
During Friday's session of the Sejm, deputies rejected all of the Senate's amendments to the Law on Patients' Rights and Patients' Ombudsman. The law establishes a Medical Events Compensation Fund.
- The availability of innovative medicines, which patients receive free of charge, is increasing, along with full qualification for these therapies and complete monitoring of the patient during them, Deputy Health Minister Maciej Miłkowski said during Thursday's meeting of the Parliamentary...
The Senate's veto of the quality law was rejected at Thursday's meeting of the Parliamentary Health Committee. - I could conclude that you are against participation, the participation of patients in the evaluation of the treatment process," commented Deputy Health Minister Piotr Bromber on the...
Ponad 300 mln zł zostało od 2019 roku wydane na realizację projektu „Dostępność dla zdrowia” – poinformował minister zdrowia Adam Niedzielski podczas wizyty w Samodzielnym Publicznym Zakładzie Opieki Zdrowotnej w Szamotułach. Projekt ma zapewnić komfort obsługi pacjentów m. in. osób z...
The NIL Board of Experts has issued a position statement opposing the use of long-term antibiotic therapy for patients diagnosed with Lyme disease, known as the "ILADS" method. As the Chamber points out, this therapy has insufficient clinical basis and is associated with many side effects.
There is one full-time psychologist position at school for an average of 785 people, according to a report by the Grow Space Foundation. Schools are having trouble filling the positions, and in some municipalities vacancies account for as much as 40 percent. Psychologists are not persuaded to...
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