Nowa ustawa o zawodzie psychologa i samorządzie zawodowym psychologów porządkuje zasady wykonywania zawodu, wprowadza rejestr specjalistów i daje pacjentom nowe narzędzia weryfikacji jakości pomocy. Jak podkreśla Rzecznik Praw Pacjenta, zmiany mogą odegrać kluczową rolę w eliminowaniu nadużyć w...
Podmioty lecznicze realizujące świadczenia podstawowej opieki zdrowotnej muszą zapewnić pacjentom realną możliwość telefonicznej rejestracji na wizytę. Samo udostępnienie numeru telefonu nie jest wystarczające – wynika z wyroku Wojewódzkiego Sądu Administracyjnego w Warszawie, który oddalił...
The fifth edition of the European Cancer Code is based entirely on the principles of evidence-based medicine and shows in simple terms how everyday decisions affect cancer risk, stresses Prof. Pawel Koczkodaj of the Department of Epidemiology and Primary Prevention of Cancer at the National...
The National Health Fund is warning of a new wave of online scams. Cybercriminals are sending out fake emails impersonating the National Health Fund and offering supposed reimbursement for medical services. The goal is to phish for payment card details and steal money.
Wsparcie dla osób w kryzysie zdrowia psychicznego musi być dostępne natychmiast i bez barier organizacyjnych. Rzecznik Praw Pacjenta uznał, że zamykanie na klucz drzwi psychiatrycznej Izby Przyjęć narusza zbiorowe prawa pacjentów i może prowadzić do realnego zagrożenia ich zdrowia i życia.
Poland today faces an unprecedented demographic crisis, the effects of which are increasingly felt by the health care system. An aging population, multi-morbidity, an epidemic of obesity and diabetes, and a dramatically low birth rate require urgent, systemic decisions. During the Third Senior...
The expansion of the pilot treatment of the diabetic foot, important reimbursement decisions and rapid drug development make the past year one of the most groundbreaking in diabetology. However, Prof. Leszek Czupryniak stresses that without systemic changes, the potential of these therapies will...
The Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw has once again confirmed that patients have the right to be treated only with methods that are in line with current medical knowledge. The court dismissed two complaints by a medical entity that used salinomycin, vitamin C and curcumin infusions, and...
On October 10 this year, the presidium of the Council of Patient Organizations at the Patient Ombudsman, which brings together 150 organizations, issued an appeal to Prime Minister Donald Tusk regarding the deepening financial crisis at the National Health Fund. The growing deficit in the...
A phone number is not enough. The clinic must answer. The Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that medical entities are obliged to provide patients with a real possibility of contacting the registration by phone. This confirms the position of the Patient Ombudsman, who has been pointing out...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so the topic of prevention of these cancers is making a comeback. More and more Polish women are beginning to treat breast cancer prevention as an important part of taking care of their health, and check-ups are becoming a regular item on their agenda of...
Those who have received benefits from the Medical Event Compensation Fund can count not only on financial support, but also on additional entitlements. The new solution gives the opportunity to receive health services and pharmaceutical services out of turn, based on a special certificate issued...
As of September 30, 2025, provisions amending the Law on Assistance to Citizens of Ukraine in Connection with Armed Conflict enter into force. The changes relate to access to health care services for adults whose residence in Poland is recognized as legal under the speculative law.
I don't see any reason, other than political, why the president, the bishops, politicians, undermine the need for health education and the competence of teachers. I just don't agree with it," Barbara Nowacka, Minister of National Education, said at a Monday conference on health education.
As of September 6, 2025, higher rates of benefits from the Medical Event Compensation Fund are in effect. This solution, introduced at the initiative of Patient Ombudsman Bartholomew Chmiellow, allows patients and their relatives to get financial support faster without the need for lengthy...
Starting September 9, 2025, patients will receive e-referrals for free COVID-19 vaccinations for the 2025/2026 season. Registration for appointments will start on September 15, and the vaccinations themselves will begin a week later.
Nurseries and kindergartens are not allowed to demand certificates from parents about their child's health, which means that family doctors are not obliged to issue them! - If, despite everything, establishments try to impose their rules, parents can, and should, report this to the Ombudsman for...
On why health education should accompany children from kindergarten, how to impart knowledge in an attractive way, and why habits formed in the first years of life stay with us forever - in an interview with Medexpress - Michal Brzezinski, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pediatrics,...
Doctors have been sounding the alarm for months about the availability of magazines promising to "cure" serious diseases with cabbage or horseradish in Post Office facilities. We have the Polish Post's response.
- The period after returning from vacation is a crucial time to either rebuild positive habits or lose them altogether. The main obstacle is often psychological rather than physiological. Therefore, the narrative needs to move away from "repairing the damage" to "a gentle return to a supportive...
The therapeutic advances made in lung cancer over the past few years have been called a revolution by experts. New drugs are hitting cancer cells more and more precisely, patients are living longer and better quality of life. Most importantly, this progress is still ongoing. On World Lung Cancer...
The Ombudsman has received reports that in some hospitals patients are not provided with basic accessories such as cutlery for eating meals. The Ombudsman's Office has approached the Ministry of Health about the issue, stressing that proper feeding conditions are part of the health service and...
Although this summer's thesis is not confirmed, climate change is making us urgently prepare to function in extremely high temperatures. Heat waves, or days when the daytime temperature exceeds 30 degrees Celsius, especially if accompanied by tropical nights, have a large and negative impact on...
Why shouldn't one drink excessively with certain citrus fruits if one is going to sunbathe? What is the danger of rolling around in a meadow where wild parsnips grow? Why are gloves mandatory when harvesting celery? Where do blisters on the skin come from after a glass of St. John's wort...
Since April, a drug has been available in Poland that gives hope to patients with early breast cancer that the disease will not return. However, not all of them do. Those with smaller tumors and no involved lymph nodes unfortunately still live in fear of relapse. Anna Kupiecka of the OnkoCafe-...
One bank and an insurance company may be overstepping their authority by demanding customers' medical test results - including radiology and an HIV test - as a condition for granting a mortgage and taking out an insurance contract. The Ombudsman has received complaints from citizens. The...
Although the National Oncology Strategy was supposed to be a comprehensive response to the needs of cancer patients, from the perspective of the last five years it appears more like a document full of unrealized promises and political formalism. The Alivia Oncofoundation, in its latest report,...
- The use of nicotine substitutes in some people addicted to smoking cigarettes can support the process of quitting, says Dominika Mastalerz, a psychologist specializing in addiction, in an interview with Medexpress. As she points out, it is important for a person who wants to quit smoking to...
The Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector has issued a decision to withdraw four series of the popular drug Magne B6 in the form of film-coated tablets from the market. The reason is that these series did not meet the quality requirements for one of the key ingredients - vitamin B6.
Adequate nutrition for patients in hospitals is not a luxury, but a key part of treatment - it affects the effectiveness of therapy, reduces the length of hospitalization and reduces the risk of complications. The new regulation is expected to introduce uniform standards for hospital nutrition,...
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