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...
On Monday, July 7, the next meeting of the AOTMiT Transparency Council.
One doctor, one hospital, one contract - this is how the health minister would model the staffing structure of the public health system. In an ideal world, of course. Because realistically, listening to Izabela Leszczyna develop the idea she put forward earlier this week in an interview, it turns...
Ministerstwo Zdrowia opublikowało zaktualizowaną listę leków, środków specjalnego przeznaczenia żywieniowego i wyrobów medycznych, których może zabraknąć w polskich aptekach. Wykaz obowiązuje od 10 lipca 2025 roku.
Hospitals are waiting for the law and need it, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna said during a meeting with journalists on Wednesday. The head of the health ministry made no secret of the fact that she would like to see the law proceed quickly, especially since it is, in her opinion, thoroughly...
An interview with Prof. Karina Jahnz-Różyk, national consultant in allergology and head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Pneumonology, Allergology, Clinical Immunology and Rare Diseases at the Military Medical Institute in Warsaw.
The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft amendment to the law on publicly funded health care services. The aim of the reform is to rationalize and make more flexible the system of basic hospital security (PSZ), as well as to improve the efficiency of hospitals. The reform is part of the...
MIT Critical Data, the University Clinical Center in Gdansk and the Medical University of Gdansk, in cooperation with Roche Poland, are initiating a joint project called Poland Healthcare Datathon. The two-day event - a programming competition and conference with the participation of leading...
The Health Ministry publishes an announcement from the Minister of Health regarding medicinal products not subject to financing under the procedure for emergency access to drug technologies.
Tropical temperatures are hard to bear. On hot days, everyone seeks shade and coolness. And a cold shower seems an ideal solution. Better to see if it can really bring relief.
A bill on rare diseases is essential, patient representatives and experts agree. If the government path does not prove possible, Stanislaw Maćkowiak, president of the Polish Patients Federation, said at the Health Summit 2025, a parliamentary bill may be submitted.
- The use of nicotine substitutes in some people addicted to smoking cigarettes can support the process of quitting, says Dominika Mastalerz, a psychologist specializing in addiction, in an interview with Medexpress. As she points out, it is important for a person who wants to quit smoking to...
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