Poland has received permission from the European Commission (EC) to launch a cross-border e-prescription exchange service with other member states. This new functionality will enable foreign patients to fulfill e-prescriptions in a Polish pharmacy, and Polish patients abroad, informs the Ministry...
On Friday, the CSO released information on health spending. It consists of two parts: the National Health Account (developed by the Central Statistical Office on the basis of an international methodology used for almost a decade, which enables the comparison of health expenditure in various EU...
The draft ordinance of the Minister of Health on mandatory sanitary and epidemiological examinations was submitted for consultation.
Without consultation, substantive talks and dialogue with the other party, in the 21st century, a public institution - monopoly, unilaterally changes the content of the contract with POZ representatives, introducing a 90-day notice period. What does it mean? Counseling centers may have...
The World Health Organization has for the first time produced a detailed Report on the Health of Migrants and Refugees. It is a response to the lack of a coherent policy related to caring for the health of representatives of these groups and indicates the direction of action for countries around...
Co-financing will be given to infectious diseases wards and diagnostic laboratories in 29 hospitals. Support from EU funds will amount to nearly PLN 200 million. This amount will allow, inter alia, purchase of specialist medical equipment and execution of necessary construction works. Thanks to...
The draft ordinance of the Minister of Health amending the ordinance on infectious diseases causing obligatory hospitalization was submitted for consultation.
The draft regulation of the Minister of Health on advertising of medical devices was submitted for consultation.
From 01/09/2022, the financing of benefits for families of high, hereditary risk of developing malignant neoplasms will be carried out by the National Health Fund.
Employers of the Republic of Poland, as an organization that actively participates in the work on the amendment to the Act of May 26, 2022, amending the Act on the method of determining the lowest basic salary of certain employees employed in healthcare entities and certain other acts, appreciate...
On September 1 (Monday) another meeting of the Transparency Council.
The draft ordinance of the Minister of Health on the pilot program of treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in outpatient conditions was submitted for consultation.
HCV is running quietly. Such infectious diseases should be discussed as often as possible, says Marzanna Bieńkowska from the Office of the Patient Ombudsman.
HCV is asymptomatic in 80% of cases. Currently, there are approximately 150,000 undiagnosed people in Poland. It is a time bomb with delayed ignition - says Urszula Jaworska, president of the Urszula Jaworska Foundation. Today - on World Hepatitis Day - we talk to Urszula Jaworska about what must...
The second "Rally for Health" could not miss the DKMS foundation, whose mission is to fight blood cancer.
Professor dr hab. n. med. Rafał Drwiła. Professor Rafał Drwiła is the head of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy at the John Paul II Hospital in Krakow and associate professor at the Chair and Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy at the Collegium Medicum of the...
We publish the statement of ZK OZZL on the speech of the President of PiS at the meeting in Konin on July 24, 2022.
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a favorable opinion recommending that the conditional marketing authorization for the COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax by Moderna be changed to a booster dose of 50 µg, for adolescents (12-17 years),...
Coffee is probably the most researched food product in the world. Recently, the caffeine contained in coffee was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as one of the dietary supplements with a well-proven effect on improving sports performance and the body's efficiency.
We talk to prof. Grażyna Rydzewska, vice-president of the Polish Society of Gastroenterology and Marek Lichota, president of the association "Appetite for life".
There is growing public concern over COVID-19 cases. This anxiety is exacerbated by the media coverage of COVID-19 cases in European countries reaching the public, writes the Human Rights Defender to the Minister of Health.
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