The Supreme Medical Council has appealed to the Minister of Health to abolish the simplified procedures for acquiring the right to practice as a doctor and dentist in Poland. According to the medical community, the current regulations threaten patient safety because they do not ensure reliable...
A team of Polish researchers led by Prof. Konrad Rejdak, MD, PhD, from the Department of Neurology at the Medical University of Lublin, is participating in the international innovative COMFORTAGE project, which aims to develop a model of health care for people with dementia disorders and at risk...
Nominally, we are paying more and more for services, but accessibility is declining. The median waiting time for an AOS appointment in urgent cases has increased by nearly 40 percent. - According to the Health Care Financing Monitor, which was unveiled Thursday.
On Monday of March, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
- Porozumienia zawierane są na poziomie 70%, a w niektórych przypadkach więcej. Jest to dla większości lekarzy dentystów satysfakcjonujące rozwiązanie, choć oczywiście nie jest idealne. Okręgowa Rada Lekarska w Szczecinie od początku stawała po stronie dentystów i wiedzieliśmy, że konieczne jest,...
Experts are warning that this year's flu season is much more difficult than in previous years. The GIS estimates that the number of illnesses since September has already settled around two million, and the infectious season will continue for several more weeks, even if we assume that the peak of...
Childhood cancers are rare diseases, affect 1 out of 600 children[1]. Their most common symptoms include weight loss, recurrent limb pain, persistent fever, frequent infections or skin lesions. They are not unequivocal i are often confused with other, more common childhood conditions, which often...
25 lutego 2025 r. odbyło się XXIII posiedzenie II kadencji Krajowej Rady Fizjoterapeutów, podczas którego podjęto kluczowe decyzje dotyczące organizacji Nadzwyczajnego Krajowego Zjazdu Fizjoterapeutów. W wyniku głosowania uchylono uchwały z grudnia 2024 r., a także powołano nowy zespół do...
Postęp w leczeniu stwardnienia rozsianego to jedno z największych osiągnięć medycyny ostatnich lat. Aktualnie każdy pacjent w Polsce, który spełnia kryteria kwalifikacji do programu lekowego B.29, może otrzymać wysoko skuteczną terapię, dzięki której możliwe jest zatrzymanie postępu choroby. A...
Experts estimate that the gap in payer finances in the next four years could rub off on a quarter of a trillion zlotys. It's as if next year, when the projected cost of the system will be less than 240 billion zlotys, we will hang up a card on January 1 and announce: Due to the failure, we do not...
Despite the introduction of numerous reforms and long-standing programs, such as the National Cancer Control Program and the National Oncology Strategy, the Polish oncology care system still fails to provide comprehensive treatment and equal access to services. Staff shortages, dispersion of...
The Medical Event Compensation Fund is a support for patients and their relatives who have suffered harm as a result of a medical error. Thanks to it, the injured can quickly and without the need to go to court, get the benefit they are due.
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health on the Model Card for Oncology Diagnosis and Treatment has been submitted for consultation.
Rak gruczołu krokowego jest drugim pod względem częstości występowania nowotworem złośliwym rozpoznawanym u mężczyzn i piątą pod względem częstości przyczyną zgonu z powodu nowotworów złośliwych wśród mężczyzn na całym świecie. Liczbę nowych zachorowań w 2022 r. oszacowano na 1,4 mln1. W USA jest...
In view of the numerous challenges facing the Polish health care system, the National Association of Employers of County Hospitals is presenting proposals for system and organizational changes that could improve the functioning of primary health care and relieve the burden on county hospitals.
The state must stop acting like a pimp, and not a very smart one at that. The sale of tobacco products does not generate revenue, it only generates huge losses, experts argued at the Senior Citizens' Health Congress. Lung cancer, other cancers, cardiovascular diseases, COPD - these are just some...
When introducing simplified procedures for allowing non-EU doctors to work in Poland, politicians assured that full patient safety would be maintained. This is a sham: the inability to verify the documents presented means that a permit to work as a doctor can also be obtained by a person with no...
There is no consensus among doctors that a man with no medical knowledge or training should not only treat patients, but also, without consequence, make statements that undermine patients' trust in doctors. The president of the Regional Medical Council in Szczecin, Michal Bulsa, decided to write...
The U.S. president's mental illness has not been suggested by psychiatrists and mental health professionals in America for a long time.
A parliamentary emergency subcommittee has approved a draft of changes to health premiums to take effect on January 1, 2026. MPs were not persuaded by arguments about the critically difficult financial situation of the National Health Fund and the gap between the payer's revenues and costs, which...
On Monday, February 24, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
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