A veto was expected, there is a signature. Karol Nawrocki has decided, despite doubts, to sign the so-called Hospital Law, giving the Health Ministry the green light to make more decisions in the health care field. Will the ministry take advantage of this?
Starting September 1, Health Education classes will begin in Polish schools. New data from the GrowSPACE Foundation shows that more than two-thirds of the new subject's full-time positions are already filled at the beginning of September, and 1,412 municipalities are fully prepared for the new...
The perpetrators of the attack on former Health Minister Adam Niedzielski have themselves turned themselves in. However, this does not at all end the discussion of what actually happened, and most importantly - who is responsible.
The OJ of the Ministry of Health published a Notice of the Minister of Health dated August 27, 2025 on the list of medicinal products, foodstuffs for special nutritional purposes and medical devices at risk of unavailability on the territory of the Republic of Poland.
Former Health Minister Adam Niedzielski was attacked by two men in front of a restaurant in the center of Siedlce, RMF FM reporter Michal Dobrolowicz determined. The politician was taken to a local hospital, and his life is not in danger.
On Wednesday morning, the database systems of the National Emergency Medical Service Command Support System crashed. Thanks to emergency procedures, all calls were handled and medical rescue teams were dispatched in real time.
Federacja Porozumienie Zielonogórskie ostrzega, że we wrześniu 2025 roku wygaśnie finansowanie funkcji koordynatora opieki, bez którego model opieki koordynowanej w podstawowej opiece zdrowotnej nie przetrwa. Lekarze rodzinni, specjaliści i organizacje pacjenckie są zgodni: to rozwiązanie realnie...
More than 26,800 patients participated in commercial clinical trials conducted in Poland in 2024. In four years, Poland has risen from 11th to 9th place in the global ranking of the largest markets for commercial clinical trials. This is good news. The worse news is that for two years we have...
There is a presidential draft amendment to the Law on Aid to Ukrainian Citizens, which, among other things, stipulates that only those with health insurance will have access to health care within the public system. Doctors may be disappointed: Karol Nawrocki wants to maintain provisions for...
In the first six months of 2025, the Social Insurance Institution recovered 150.5 million zlotys through checks on sick leave and reductions in benefits after termination of employment. It turns out that some insured people treat sick leave as an additional vacation or an opportunity to make...
President Karol Nawrocki on August 25, 2025, signed a law amending the regulations on reimbursement of medicines, foodstuffs for special nutritional purposes and medical devices, as well as the Law on Health Care Services. The amendment brings Polish law in line with EU regulations on health...
This year's Rally for Health will gather a record number of participants. There also promises to be many attractions for the residents of Poznan. - Once again, we will show that the impossible does not exist," notes Lukasz Rokicki, president of the Carita Foundation, which organizes the Rally. -...
President Karol Nawrocki did not sign the so-called Ukrainian law. - The NIL's actions have had an effect: the President has vetoed the amendment to the aid speculation law, stresses the Supreme Medical Chamber, which in the first half of August called for such a decision because of the inclusion...
Just before the start of the school year, the bishops reminded parents of their May appeal on health education. The Episcopate warns against "systemic depravity" and encourages people not to send their children to classes. Meanwhile, the medical community has been calling for years for the...
President Karol Nawrocki will not sign laws increasing excise taxes on alcohol and the sugar levy, the head of the President's Office has declared.
Osoby przewlekle przyjmujące leki mogą przewozić je przez granice, ale muszą przestrzegać określonych zasad. Obowiązują limity ilościowe, wymóg przewożenia leków w oryginalnych opakowaniach oraz konieczność sprawdzenia przepisów kraju, do którego się udajemy. Rzecznik Praw Pacjenta przypomina...
It is impossible to boost immunity with supplements. Instead, patients facing cancer treatment should get vaccinated, advises Dr. n. pharm. Leszek Borkowski, a clinical pharmacologist.
Doctors have been sounding the alarm for months about the availability of magazines promising to "cure" serious diseases with cabbage or horseradish in Post Office facilities. We have the Polish Post's response.
An announcement from the Minister of Health has been published with a list of immunizations that, starting August 25, 2025, can be performed in pharmacies and financed - in whole or in part - with public funds. The list includes as many as 11 vaccinations, including those against COVID-19,...
September is the time when children return to school and kindergarten, and for family doctors - the beginning of the annual marathon of bureaucracy. In addition to an increase in the number of infections and health balances, primary care clinics are flooded with a wave of requests for...
On Monday, August 25, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
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