In the case of breast cancer, the indirect costs resulting from the abandonment of work, disability and the need for home care for the patient are most often several times higher than the NHF's expenditure on treatment. Therefore, the cost of an innovation should not be considered only in terms...
The Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council has referred to the latest version of the draft on the competence of the advanced practice nurse in primary care. Although some of the previous comments of the Medical Council have been taken into account, doctors object to a number of new provisions...
There is only one effective remedy for reducing the cost of remedial medicine... The famous slogan with which Bill Clinton won the election (although there it was about the economy) fits perfectly with the feverish patching of holes in the finances of the Polish health care system.
The problem of shortages, or temporary lack of access to medicines, affects patients in all countries of the European Union, and we know about it not only from the message of physician colleagues working in various European countries, but also from data collected by the EMA, explains Professor...
The introduction of an upper limit on contract earnings was never a proposal by the Health Ministry. - It's Solidarity's," members of the Supreme Medical Council heard during a meeting with the Health Ministry leadership on Friday. The ministry has announced that it will not change the rules of...
Patients and the expert community are waiting for a decision that could make life with the disease easier for many patients. In October, the President of the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification issued a positive recommendation to include the tablet form of the drug for the...
Drug programs enable patients to benefit from expensive and innovative drugs. Those who have access to such treatment because they qualify for the program appreciate this fact, although they also point out the drawbacks that accompany this treatment formula. However, the main problem for patients...
The government's bill to amend the law, with amendments partially consummating the draft submitted by President Karol Nawrocki, is past its first reading. The ruling coalition did not agree to remove a provision from the law legalizing the withdrawal of the FM's budget subsidy in 2025. The money,...
The Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector has recalled a batch of an anticoagulant drug from circulation nationwide.
Rząd przyjął w środę projekt nowelizacji ustawy o Funduszu Medycznym – będzie on w czwartek procedowany w Sejmie w trybie pilnym, rano pierwsze czytanie w Komisji Zdrowia, późnym popołudniem – drugie czytanie na posiedzeniu plenarnym. Ustawa ma być uchwalona do piątku.
President Karol Nawrocki announced the holding of a medical summit after meeting with the president of the Supreme Medical Council, Lukasz Jankowski. The talks were held at the Presidential Palace in response to a call from the medical council regarding the crisis in health care.
The Council of Ministers has approved a draft law on the Medical Fund that will allow an additional PLN 3.6 billion to be transferred to the National Health Fund to finance excess services for children and adolescents.
The Supreme Chamber of Physicians has officially asked the Prime Minister and the President for an urgent meeting in connection with the growing financial crisis in health care and the postponement of patient services. The Presidential Palace has already responded - President Lukasz Jankowski has...
The Trilateral Team on Health Care only worked in full session on Tuesday for half an hour. Trade unions, outraged by the absence of a finance ministry representative, left the session, which, however, was not broken up - the employers' organizations remained at the table.
The Supreme Chamber of Physicians has issued an urgent call to the Prime Minister and the President to immediately open a dialogue on the growing crisis in health care. As the medical self-government stresses, the failure to reach an agreement with the Ministry of Health and the dramatic...
President Karol Nawrocki will submit his own draft amendments to the Medical Fund law. This is because he disagrees with the statutory cancellation of the 4 billion zloty "loan" the Health Minister took out against the Fund in the spring.
President Karol Nawrocki will send a draft amendment to the Medical Fund Act to the Parliament today. The proposal includes an infusion of more than PLN 3.5 billion into the NHF budget and the introduction of new tasks for the Fund, including the creation of a subfund for rare diseases in...
Doctors of the Healthcare Employers' Agreement (PPOZ) are sounding the alarm that the Health Minister's draft regulation on the rules for keeping and processing medical records will not only fail to streamline the system, but will actually lead to increased bureaucracy and serious organizational...
The Ministry of Health has submitted a draft regulation on the endoprosthesis registry for consultation. The new regulations are intended to simplify reporting obligations, improve the quality of collected data and ensure the continuity of the registry's work after legislative changes resulting...
Public dentistry in Poland is on the verge of collapse, warns Pawel Barucha, vice president of the Supreme Medical Council for dentistry. He points to growing underfunding, the exodus of small practices from the NFZ system, educational neglect and the risk of market monopolization. According to...
On Monday, November 17, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
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