The National Trade Union of Nurses and Midwives has called for the urgent launch of a supplementary course in nursing for midwives at risk of losing their jobs. In a position paper dated September 9, 2025, the National Board of the National Union of Nurses and Midwives points to the need for immediate action by the Ministry of Health and the Center for Medical Personnel Training.
Midwives at risk of losing their jobs. OZZPiP demands action from MZ and CMKP.
Published Sept. 18, 2025 06:21
"Poland is really a rich country... Can we afford to waste the competence of professional midwives, while there is a shortage of nurses?"! - ask representatives of the National Board of the National Trade Union of Nurses and Midwives in a position paper dated September 9, 2025.
The CPSO is demanding:
- the immediate launch of a supplementary course in nursing for midwives at risk of losing their jobs - a course that has remained only a promise for months,
- to identify those responsible for delays in implementing this form of education,
- immediate response from the Ministry of Health and the Center for Medical Staff Training.
The union stresses that time is working against both patients and the health care system as a whole. - We cannot afford further delay," the document's authors warn.
The letter, along with the position paper, was submitted to the Medical Center for Postgraduate Education on September 11, 2025.
Source: OZZPiP
