What did the medical world live in 2023? We look at what the most relevant information brought in the months of October through December.
Review of Events of the Year 2023 - Part 4
Published Jan. 5, 2024 08:45
OCTOBER
- The public, after the change of power, certainly expects quick decisions and quick results from those decisions. Perhaps that is why the Ministry of Health will not be the one that the coalition partners will particularly seek," Klaudiusz Komor, vice president of the Supreme Medical Chamber, told the Medexpress Podcast. Recall, after the elections Law and Justice failed to gain a parliamentary majority.
Challenges related to the vaccination calendar, the role of artificial intelligence in promoting prevention, health promotion in the office of an occupational physician or the importance of opinion leaders in dialogue with patients online. Such issues were the focus of discussions at the 3rd Vaccine Forum Congress, held at the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw.
NOVEMBER
Legislation has come into effect allowing the National Health Fund to enter into contracts with operators of public pharmacies and to bill public funds for the performance of recommended immunizations in pharmacies.
The parliamentary Health Committee has been constituted. The work of 36 deputies will be led by Bartosz Arlukowicz (KO) - former Minister of Health and former (2015-2019) chairman of the committee, who was elected unanimously.
Ewa Krajewska has become Minister of Health in the government being formed by Mateusz Morawiecki. Previously, she served as Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector since 2021.
The Sejm passed an amendment to the law on publicly funded health care services, which provides for reimbursement of the in vitro method from the state budget. The law was signed by the president in December.
MPs in the new term have resumed work on a civic bill on how to determine the lowest basic salary of some employees working in medical entities, which was submitted in May by the National Trade Union of Nurses and Midwives.
DECEMBER
Mateusz Morawiecki's government failed to win a vote of confidence. In a second constitutional step, the Sejm entrusted the mission of forming a new government to Donald Tusk. Izabela Leszczyna became Minister of Health in it.
Since December 6, you can be vaccinated against coronavirus with the updated vaccine. However, this has not been without problems. The new formulation went to few points, and patients had problems booking appointments. Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna announced the ordering of another batch of vaccines.
