The National Trade Union of Nurses and Midwives has called for the urgent launch of a supplementary course in nursing for midwives at risk of losing their jobs. In a position paper dated September 9, 2025, the National Board of the National Union of Nurses and Midwives points to the need for...
The Medical Center for Postgraduate Education has a new director. On September 16, Prof. Krzysztof J. Filipiak, director of the CMKP, appointed Prof. Katarzyna Kosinska-Kaczyńska, Prof. Dorota Koziel, Prof. Jaroslaw Czubak and Prof. Marcin Kurzyna as his deputies.
It has been possible to eliminate the most problematic provisions and clarify key issues related to the granting of PWZs, which is expected to directly translate into patient safety, the Supreme Medical Council reports.
The guests of the latest episode of the podcast "It's Rare to Talk About It," dedicated to girls and women with phenylketonuria, are Prof. Maria Giżewska, specialist in pediatrics, metabolic pediatrics, provincial consultant in metabolic pediatrics for the West Pomeranian region, vice-chair of...
The Medical Forces Command was inaugurated in Krakow. The new structure is to be responsible for the development of battlefield medicine, personnel preparation and cooperation with the civilian system.
Główny Inspektorat Farmaceutyczny dołączył do europejskiej kampanii „Leki to nie słodycze”, która przypomina, że leki dostępne bez recepty powinny być stosowane odpowiedzialnie i zgodnie z zaleceniami.
The Central Anti-Corruption Bureau has detained the director of one of the research institutes . Officers caught him accepting another tranche of bribes in exchange for the unauthorized distribution of funds from the National Reconstruction Plan and citing influence at medical universities.
This year's latest list of reimbursed drugs includes 50 molecules. Nearly half (22) are cancer therapies, including a large group of drugs dedicated to women, the Health Ministry said Monday.
Press conference by Deputy Health Minister Katherine Kacperyczk on the October draft list of reimbursed drugs.
The Federation Porozumienie Zielonogórskie is warning that a new order by NFZ President Filip Nowak threatens the future of coordinated care in primary care. According to family doctors, the decision will lead to the de facto elimination of services that in recent years have realistically...
The Health and Public Finance Committees approved the NFZ's activity reports, including the financial statements for 2024. The Fund's loss last year amounted to more than PLN 7.7 billion - and was fully covered by the reserve fund. Expenditures for free medicines and services performed over the...
The unknown makes a person afraid, and therefore you are afraid of health education," Deputy Minister of National Education Katarzyna Lubnauer said to Law and Justice (PiS) deputies in the Sejm on Thursday.
Lekarze rodzinni alarmowali, że od października zabraknie środków na finansowanie pracy koordynatorów w podstawowej opiece zdrowotnej. NFZ uspokaja – zadania koordynatora są finansowane od 2021 r. i nic się w tym zakresie nie zmienia. Co więcej, od października 2025 r. poszerzy się grupa...
The National Health Fund's budget next year will lack at least PLN 23 billion to cover the cost of services, the authors of the latest edition of the Health Care Financing Monitor point out."
On Monday, September 15, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
An order on the terms of reference of Undersecretaries of State and the Director General at the Ministry of Health has been published in the Official Gazette of the Ministry of Health. The document precisely defines the division of duties in the leadership of the ministry and indicates which...
Each additional hour a child spends outdoors means a 2 percent lower risk of developing myopia," stresses Wojciech Hautz, MD, professor of IPCZD, Department of Ophthalmology, Institute "Pomnik - Children's Health Center" in Warsaw. The expert explains why this defect is developing at such a fast...
W odpowiedzi na rosnące wyzwania związane z diagnostyką i leczeniem sepsy, czołowi przedstawiciele polskiej medycyny, administracji publicznej i organizacji pacjenckich spotkają się 11 września 2025 roku w Warszawie. Podczas II Międzynarodowego Seminarium "SEPSA – WIZJA PRZYSZŁOŚCI",...
The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft amendment to the Law on the Profession of Nurse and Midwife. The changes are technical in nature and are due to the need to adapt Polish regulations to European Union law on the recognition of professional qualifications. At issue are nurses from Romania.
Starting September 9, 2025, patients will receive e-referrals for free COVID-19 vaccinations for the 2025/2026 season. Registration for appointments will start on September 15, and the vaccinations themselves will begin a week later.
Health Minister Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda has handed out appointments to new deputy health ministers. The positions were assumed by Katarzyna Kęcka, MD, PhD, and Tomasz Maciejewski, MD, PhD.
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