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Health minister attends UN assembly in New York

Health Minister Katharine Jay is attending the UN assembly taking place in New York. She met with the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Welfare.

Sept. 22, 2023
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Luke Jankowski: Quality in the health care system is measured by patient safety.

- In the face of the emergence of medical faculties at universities unprepared to conduct them, in the face of admitting doctors from abroad who are unable to communicate with the Polish patient, and finally in the face of the lack of regulations based on the idea of no-fault, ensuring safe...

Sept. 22, 2023
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Gold September 2023: Pediatric cancer outcomes in Poland comparable to Western Europe and the US

Cancers in children are curable in more than 80 percent of cases, and the results of leukemia treatment in children in Poland are better than in Western Europe. The challenge is oncological vigilance on the part of parents and doctors, access to molecular diagnostics and individualization of...

Sept. 22, 2023
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A good meal in the hospital. Is it even possible?

Once again, on the occasion of the election campaign, the topic of patient nutrition in hospitals returns. The Health Minister's decree on the "Good Meal in Hospital" pilot program project on nutrition education and improving the quality of nutrition in medical facilities is expected to herald...

Sept. 22, 2023
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Digitalizacja pozwala optymalizować leczenie i zapobiegać działaniom niepożądanym. Lekarze coraz chętniej sięgają po aplikacje mobilne

– Polska idzie w kierunku bycia liderem digitalizacji pewnych procesów w medycynie. Digitalizacja daje nam nie tylko dostęp do danych, ale i do ich analizy – powiedział prof. Piotr Rutkowski podczas XXVI Kongresu Polskiego Towarzystwa Onkologii Klinicznej, który odbył się na początku września w...

Sept. 21, 2023
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Prof. Barbara Radecka on treatment needs for early breast cancer and disseminated intestinal cancer

Interview with Prof. Barbara Radecka, head of the Department of Oncology at the Prof. Tadeusz Koszarowski Oncology Center in Opole and Opole University.

Sept. 21, 2023
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Prof. Renata Langfort: Standardization allows to change perception of pathomorphology

Interview with Prof. Renata Langfort, head of the Department of Pathomorphology at the Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Diseases Institute in Warsaw, president of the board of directors of the Polish Society of Pathologists.

Sept. 20, 2023
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Dr. Anna Lusakowska: nusinersen therapy is no longer just stabilization, it is a continuous improvement seen in the lives of patients

An interview with Dr. Anna Lusakowska of the Department of Neurology at the Medical University of Warsaw, coordinator of the Polish SMA Patient Registry.

Sept. 20, 2023
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Leki recepturowe na nowo. MZ powołuje zespół

W Dz.U. MZ opublikowano Zarządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 19 września 2023 r. w sprawie powołania Zespołu do spraw preskrypcji i realizacji recept na leki gotowe i recepturowe.

Sept. 20, 2023
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Prof. Wojciech Hanke: The potential of occupational medicine is huge, but not used enough

Interview with Prof. Wojciech Hanke, Chairman of the Presidium of the Public Health Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, conducted during the conference of the Public Health Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences "Polish Health 2.0. Strategic Recommendations for 2023-2027".

Sept. 20, 2023
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NFZ: How much did we spend on treatment in 2022?

NHF summarizes patient treatment costs in 2022. Who benefits most from treatment?

Sept. 19, 2023
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Free drugs. Important announcement from the National Health Fund regarding prescription fulfillment

In connection with the entry into force of legislation expanding the free drug program and the new list of reimbursed drugs, which is effective from September 1, 2023, the Fund informs about the possibility of issuing reimbursed prescriptions with the symbol:S - to persons over 65 years of ageDZ...

Sept. 19, 2023
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Stanislaw Karczewski: we put public health first

Interview with Senator Stanislaw Karczewski of Law and Justice, conducted during the conference of the Public Health Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences "Polish Health 2.0. Strategic Recommendations for 2023-2027".

Sept. 19, 2023
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Prof. Jaroslaw Pinkas: the main public health problem is good health choices

Interview with Prof. Jaroslaw Pinkas, director of the CMKP School of Public Health, member of the Public Health Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, conducted during the conference of the Public Health Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences "Polish Health 2.0. Strategic...

Sept. 19, 2023
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Trastuzumab derukstekan will be reimbursed. Patients with HER2+ breast cancer have been waiting for it

As of November 1, the drug containing the active substance trastuzumab derukstekan will be reimbursed, Health Minister Katherine Sójka announced on Friday (15.09.). Financial bridging will be included as early as September 18. The drug is used in patients with HER2+ breast cancer. The Health...

Sept. 15, 2023
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"A good meal in the hospital" - will be piloted

The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health on the pilot program on nutrition education and improvement of nutrition quality in hospitals - "A good meal in the hospital" - has been submitted for consultation.

Sept. 15, 2023
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Delay is subject to change

Not on September 12, but in mid-November, we will learn - probably - the results of the work of the team appointed in May by the Minister of Health to prepare rules for terminating pregnancies due to threats to a woman's health and life. The Health Minister signed an amendment to the order on the...

Sept. 15, 2023
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Biological drugs: Maciej Miłkowski announces facilitation for patients

Deputy Minister Maciej Miłkowski announced at the Economic Forum in Karpacz that next year some biological drugs will be available not only in hospitals, but also in outpatient clinics. A list of such drugs is already being developed at the Health Ministry, and work will soon move to the...

Sept. 14, 2023
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EU Pharmaceutical Law: Voucher system may be open to abuse

National Drug Manufacturers, at a meeting on the revision of the EU pharmaceutical law organized by the Health Ministry on September 13, stressed that the planned revision of the law extends the monopoly of drugs in the European market, which will limit the availability of therapies due to their...

Sept. 14, 2023
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Training of Ukrainian medics in advanced life-saving procedures and battlefield medicine has begun

Instructors from the Air Ambulance and the Medical Emergency Department of the Warsaw Medical University are training Ukrainian female doctors, feldspersons and nurses. The course, held in Poland, will be attended by 90 women.

Sept. 14, 2023
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President handed out professorial appointments

President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda handed out nomination acts to academic teachers and employees of science and art.

Sept. 14, 2023