The compensation benefit amounts are too low, and the regulation lacks mechanisms to mandate their valorization, the Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council points out. There are also doubts about how to understand "inability to live independently.
A meeting was held at the headquarters of the Patient Ombudsman on the issue of penalties imposed by the NFZ on doctors who prescribe milk replacer to children suffering from severe food allergies. The meeting was attended by Minister Bartlomiej Chmielowiec - the Ombudsman for Patients' Rights,...
The 10 demands were made by trade unions and societies of paramedics during a meeting with representatives of the Health Ministry. The expectations include salary supplements, civil law contracts and amendments to the law on State Emergency Medical Services. The rescuers want to meet with the...
According to the latest CSO report on the situation of the elderly in Poland in 2022, the number of people aged 60 and over will reach 9.8 million, up 0.7% from the previous year. The largest age group among our country's seniors is already 65-69 years old. Women predominate among the elderly,...
January 22 marks the beginning of Cervical Cancer Awareness Week. It is the world's third cancer in women in terms of incidence and fourth in terms of mortality. The disease can be prevented or detected at an early stage by screening. Regular cervical cytology is essential.
In 2023, an impressive number of nearly 800 million packages of medicines were verified and dispensed in the Polish Drug Authenticity Verification System, while maintaining an average weekly number of 15.2 million. Handling efficiency in the previous year averaged 40.5 million transactions per...
- We should strive to ensure that people over 65 have all medicines for free," Marzena Okla Drewnowicz, Minister of Senior Citizens' Policy, told Radio ZET in an interview. - Now, however, it is necessary to review the drug basket that is there, so that there is not a certain fiction. We know...
A plan to combat childhood caries and the need to support teaching staff at medical and dental faculties were the most important issues discussed at the recent meeting of the Council for the Development of Dentistry at the Ministry of Health, which is currently chaired by Vice President of the...
Starting in January, the National Health Fund increased funding for the seminogram, or semen test. This is crucial in the diagnosis of male infertility. In Poland, the problem of infertility affects up to 1.5 million couples, or one-fifth of the population of reproductive age. Globally, it...
The product in question is a drop used for, among other things, polyps and related symptoms of reduced nasal patency. Production of this specific was most likely completed in May 2023.
"We have already developed a number of digital solutions and are constantly developing them. The key ones are e-prescription, e-referral and e-consultation," according to the Health Ministry. Work is underway to improve the Internet Patient Account, the myIKP application, the Medical Home Care...
A Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on defining the list of health care services requiring the establishment of a separate financing method has been submitted for consultation.
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The Health Ministry hosted a meeting between Minister Izabela Leszczyna, Minister for Senior Citizenship Policy Marzena Okla-Drewnowicz and Prof. Katarzyna Wieczorkowska-Tobis, Chairwoman of the Board of the Polish Gerontological Society.
- The Foundation of the Mother and Child Institute (FIMiD), responding to the health challenges of caring for refugee families from Ukraine, in conjunction with UNICEF, is conducting an educational campaign called "Say YES to vaccinations." The initiative focuses on promoting immunization among...
A fertility problem can be diagnosed on either the male or female side, or in both partners. Therefore, equal access to male and female infertility diagnosis is essential. The National Health Fund has changed the way it funds one of the basic tests for male infertility - the seminogram - as of...
The Medical Research Agency will survive, but it will have to change - this is the conclusion after Tuesday's meeting of the Health Committee (meeting adjourned, will continue next week). How deep the changes will be and - above all - whether they will go in the right direction, time will tell.
- The several years of activity of the Medical Research Agency have not been evaluated positively by us," said Deputy Health Minister Wojciech Konieczny during a meeting of the Parliamentary Health Committee devoted to the ABM's activity in 2019-2023. The Chairman of the Supreme Audit Office...
It seems that everyone already knows that excessive meat consumption has adverse effects on health. Despite this, its consumption continues to grow worldwide. Based on a number of international studies, it is clear that the change in eating habits that is necessary for health and the climate is...
Prof. Piotr H. Skarzynski, a member of the board of directors of the MEDINCUS Hearing and Speech Center, received the Vector of the Employers of the Republic of Poland for activities that improve the quality of global medicine and health care. This year's Vectors, is the 22nd edition of the...
The Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council considers it necessary to take urgent measures to stop the destruction in the area of pre-graduate education for doctors and dentists. The medical self-government wants to return the standards for the training of doctors to the shape they had before 2021.
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