In the previous flu season, only from January 12, 2022, pharmacies could apply for participation in the National Influenza Vaccination Program (NPS). Joining the NPS only in mid-January did not make much sense. The results confirmed it. Only about 8,500 vaccinations were performed in pharmacies,...
On January 3, 2023, in the program "Kwadrans Polityczny" on TVP1, Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska said, among other things, that "at the next session of the Sejm, next week, we want to submit an amendment so that the pharmacist can also issue us this prescription. So we enter the...
In an interview with "Rzeczpospolita", the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, said that "pharmacists are not authorized to issue prescriptions for vaccinations and we want to change it as soon as possible, but for this we need a statutory change. We want to look at it and discuss it together...
The President of the District Pharmacy Council in Warsaw stated that "combined tests for COVID-19, influenza and RSV are a classic example of the possibility of using the potential of pharmacists employed in pharmacies, the implementation of this service in the pharmacy will relieve the health...
On December 7, 2022, the following announcement was issued: "The Wielkopolska Voivodship Pharmaceutical Inspector reminds you of the obligation to serialize medicinal products when accepting them at the pharmacy and when dispensing them to the patient. A medicinal product that does not undergo...
The minister of health signed an advance purchase agreement for 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for PLN 10 billion. To date, 56.7 million doses have been administered. Currently, there are 25 million doses in the Governmental Agency for Strategic Reserves. For comparison, the UK Health...
On September 20, 2022, the article "Bez żartów" written by mgr farm was published in the Pharmacy Magazine. Marek Tomków. Excerpt: "Six Minutes. This was the length of the training course where pharmacists learned how to take swabs from COVID-19 patients. Half of it was spent watching an...
On the initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO), World Patient Safety Day is held on September 17 each year. This year's theme is drug safety: "World Patient Safety Day: medication safety, medication without harm". WHO encourages healthcare professionals and patients to take action to...
The act on the profession of pharmacist contains the following provision: "The pursuit of the profession of pharmacist is aimed at protecting patient's health and protecting public health, and consists in providing pharmaceutical care". One of the elements of pharmaceutical care is performing...
In accordance with art. 94 of the Pharmaceutical Law Act, the working hours of generally accessible pharmacies in a given area are determined by a resolution by the poviat council, after consulting the commune heads (mayors, city presidents) of communes from the poviat area and the pharmacist's...
From April 1, 2020, a licensed pharmacist may issue a pharmaceutical prescription in the event of a threat to the patient's health (before April 1, 2020 - in the event of a sudden threat to health or life). How many such prescriptions are issued? What drugs are the most frequently prescribed...
The minister of health first mocked pharmacists because he introduced the possibility of free antigen testing in pharmacies for only two months. Then he unjustifiably slandered the entire professional group because in an interview for Polsat News he said that "possible shortages of drugs in...
At a press conference on August 9, 2022, Deputy Minister of Health Maciej Miłkowski announced that work was underway to increase retail and wholesale margins in pharmacies and pharmaceutical wholesalers. Moreover, the ministry intends to introduce financing of pharmacies' roster. Margins The...
In the European Union, shortages, shortages and reduced availability of drugs are a real problem. The reasons for a drug shortage are manifold: production interruptions due to lack of active ingredients that come from China and India (around 80 percent), increased demand, supply chain collapse...
In December 2021, the editorial office of the MGR. FARM asked the Ministry of Health and the Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber: whether pharmaceutical care can be provided outside the pharmacy. The chief specialist at the Communications Office of the Ministry of Health informed that "the fact that...
Minister of Health The Minister of Health made two serious mistakes with regard to amantadine. First, he commissioned the Medical Research Agency to finance a clinical trial on amantadine in the treatment of COVID-19, because it was requested by Deputy Justice Minister Warchoł, who posted an...
For the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a Vaccine Distribution System (SDS) has been established, which is run by the Government's Strategic Reserves Agency (RARS). In October 2021, the first two drugs for the treatment of COVID-19 were added to the SDS. In the following months, more drugs...
Anyone can make a mistake. A wrong decision can also happen to central institutions such as the Ministry of Health (MZ) or the Supreme Pharmaceutical Council (NRA). The introduction of testing to pharmacies is more than a mistake - it is a disgrace of the NRA and Ministry of Health, because...
In 2020, there were only three small studies in the world on the use of amantadine in the treatment of COVID-19. These were: an analytical observational study, a case series, and a cross-sectional study. The results were clear: no need to use amantadine in the treatment of COVID-19. Therefore, no...
From the beginning of the pandemic, testing has been one of the weakest points of the Polish fight against the pandemic. Only 98th place in the world in terms of testing intensity speaks for itself. Botswana is directly ahead of Poland.
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