The molecular test, twice as effective as conventional cytology in detecting precancerous cervical lesions, has been available since mid-July in a prevention program funded by the National Health Service.
The State Sanitary Inspectorate is unveiling a new motto and logo to accompany its educational, informational and promotional activities. "We protect health with an eye to the future" is not only the new motto, but also a symbol of shared responsibility for public health.
Since April, a drug has been available in Poland that gives hope to patients with early breast cancer that the disease will not return. However, not all of them do. Those with smaller tumors and no involved lymph nodes unfortunately still live in fear of relapse. Anna Kupiecka of the OnkoCafe-...
Polluted air and adverse weather conditions have a direct impact on the risk of urgent hospitalizations for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to Poland's first detailed analysis of data from 2012-2019. The publication is a collaboration between CMKP researchers...
On Wednesday, July 16, the Health Minister appointed a new composition of the Council. However, before this took place, the Council in its previous composition issued a positive opinion on the draft financial plan of the National Health Fund for 2026.
Physical assault, threats, insult? The Attorney General has issued new guidelines to ensure that crimes against medics are prosecuted vigorously. This is part of a broad package of changes to improve the safety of medical personnel - from the emergency room to the ambulance.
One bank and an insurance company may be overstepping their authority by demanding customers' medical test results - including radiology and an HIV test - as a condition for granting a mortgage and taking out an insurance contract. The Ombudsman has received complaints from citizens. The...
A new central ICT system will enable the ongoing monitoring of hospitals' resources - from the number of beds and staff, to blood or medical gas stocks. The government has passed a bill to establish a Provider Potential Register (EPS). The system is expected to become operational in 2027.
A draft regulation of the Minister of Health has been submitted for consultation, which provides for the expansion of the catalog of guaranteed services in hospital treatment. The amendment provides for the introduction of two modern and minimally invasive procedures used in the treatment of...
In the face of growing challenges to drug availability in Europe, the Health Ministry has presented a new, expanded version of the National List of Critical Medicines. The document, which is crucial to securing the health needs of Poles, now includes 401 active substances - more than a hundred...
The Health Ministry is analyzing several hundred comments submitted during public consultations on the draft amendment to the Reimbursement Act and assumes that the draft will go to the Parliament soon after the parliamentary vacations. The changes concern, among other things, drug programs.
The Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council has expressed strong opposition to the draft regulation of the Council of Ministers on the Polish Classification of Goods and Services (PKWiU), which provides for the introduction into the classification of, among other things, "services in...
The Health Ministry wants to introduce new rules to the contracts that hospitals enter into with specialists. A doctor on contract is to work a minimum of half-time at a hospital, and if he or she wants to work at another hospital, the existing employer will have to agree.
On Monday, July 14, the next meeting of the AOTMiT Transparency Council.
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna estimates that the Sejm could deal with an amendment to the law, toughening penalties for attacks on medics, even before its vacation. This is not out of the question, but it seems that the changes to the law will have to wait until September, however. The draft...
Anna Gruszczak, MD, from the Department of Neurology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Internal Medicine, talks about the first therapeutic breakthrough for ALS patients.
In response to changes in health care systems around the world, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) has updated the definitions of the terms "nurse" and "nursing." The official translation of these documents - commissioned by the Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives - is now available and...
Although the National Oncology Strategy was supposed to be a comprehensive response to the needs of cancer patients, from the perspective of the last five years it appears more like a document full of unrealized promises and political formalism. The Alivia Oncofoundation, in its latest report,...
Introducing the subject of "health education" into schools is an important step toward fulfilling the constitutional obligation to protect children's health, the Ombudsman stresses. In a letter to Minister Barbara Nowacka, the Ombudsman asks how the Ministry of Education intends to ensure that as...
Expenditures on health care services in 2026 will exceed PLN 201 billion, half of which will be allocated to inpatient care, despite the reform announced by the Health Ministry, which aims, among other things, to invert the pyramid of services by shifting some of them to outpatient care,...
Six months of intensive work, ambitious goals and concrete results - this is how Poland sums up its Presidency of the EU Council in the area of health. During an official meeting at the Health Ministry, representatives of the government, public institutions, patient and expert organizations...
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