The Health Ministry publishes a communication from the Minister of Health regarding medicinal products not subject to financing under the procedure for emergency access to drug technologies.
Easter is one of the most important Christian holidays, celebrated almost all over the world with great joy and rich culinary traditions. Each country has its own unique dishes that have been hosted on festive tables for generations, symbolizing joy, rebirth and togetherness, and the victory of...
The symbol of rebirth and a culinary staple of Easter are eggs. It is worth remembering that eggs are a valuable product and should not be missing from the daily diet either. The wide use of eggs is due to their high nutritional value, desirable sensory qualities, but also because of their use in...
Hemophilia is an unpredictable but highly treatable disease. The basis for patient safety is access to medications nationwide, in amounts adequate to treat bleeding. - The National Hemophilia Treatment Program guarantees such access 24 hours a day. The challenge is to develop treatment centers...
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In August 2024, during the Children's and Adolescent Health Congress, I met an extraordinary family: twins Kacper and Karol, who suffer from Friedreich's Ataxia, their older brother, and their mother Teresa - a woman who can boldly be called a superhero. Their story is moving and inspiring. For...
The National Health Fund is reporting a new phishing campaign in which cybercriminals are impersonating medical services provided by the e-Health Center. Their goal is to phish for personal information and login credentials of health care workers. Fake e-mails and text messages direct to sites...
April 10 this year. Minister of Health Izabela Leszczyna appointed a new national consultant in pediatric surgery. She has been appointed Prof. Beata Jurkiewicz, MD, CMKP, a specialist in pediatric surgery and urology. She replaced Prof. Janusz Bohosiewicz.
We are educating more and more people in nursing faculties, but the staffing crisis in the profession continues and is even getting worse, or at any rate - will get worse in the next several years. The number of nurses should double if we want to compare ourselves with countries that provide...
The Health Ministry has submitted for consultation a draft regulation aimed at improving the comprehensiveness of nursing and care services in long-term care. The proposed changes aim to increase the ability to provide patients with a wider range of services - from hospitalization to specialized...
A patient whose laryngeal cancer diagnosis was delayed has received record compensation from the Medical Event Compensation Fund. The amount of PLN 202,971 is the highest sum awarded to date by the Patient Ombudsman under the Fund's operation. To date, more than 300 patients have already...
The subsidy from the state budget to the NFZ will have to be higher by about PLN 17 billion than what was planned, according to information coming from the Health Ministry. Some of the additional funds have already been transferred - Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski confirmed in an interview...
Increasing pharmaceutical production in Poland is necessary in the current geopolitical situation to ensure access to essential medicines. Representatives of the Military Health Service, the Ministry of Health and the National Drug Manufacturers are unanimous in pointing out that individual...
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Polish pharmacies are increasingly encountering prescriptions issued by Ukrainian doctors. The Main Pharmaceutical Inspectorate reminds that under current law, a pharmacy is obliged to fill such a prescription - as long as it meets certain conditions. What...
The government did not approve the hospital reform bill on Tuesday. Officially, the reason was not given. The bill is to be taken up again by the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers.
The Interactive Report on the Most Important Indicators Describing the Treatment Process for Plasmacytoma in Poland is designed to enable Data monitoring - essential for ensuring effective treatment. - It will influence the effectiveness of treatment so that all reimbursement achievements have an...
The inspection of vaccination cards, which began in early April, is scheduled to last until June, although its completion may be delayed in some, the largest, cities. - The mere announcement of the inspection has already caused vaccination centers to report higher numbers of unvaccinated...
There are situations in medicine where administrative procedures can weigh on someone's health - or even life. An example is the organization of the purchase of a drug for children with spinal muscular atrophy. When the diagnosis is made early, and the appropriate therapy is implemented...
A total of 3905 formally correct applications were submitted in the spring qualification procedure for specialty training in 2025. More than 3,000 doctors qualified.
The OZZL Residents' Agreement has sharply criticized the reduction in the health premium that the Sejm voted through. In an open letter, they appeal to the President of the Republic of Poland to refer the bill for reconsideration, pointing to the dangerous financial consequences and the risk of...
The Health Ministry will address hospitals and remind them of the differences between the right to visitation and the right to extra nursing care. This is the result of a petition signed by more than 57,000 people to uphold the right of parents to be with their child in the ICU.
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