One diagnosis can turn life upside down - insomnia, panic, black scenarios. Meanwhile, HPV in most cases does not lead to cancer, and thanks to vaccinations and modern tests, cancer can be effectively prevented. So why are we still so afraid of it? Aga Szuścik, a health educator, talks about what...
The savings proposed by Health Minister Jolanta Sobieranska-Grenda will primarily hit county hospitals, according to the National Association of Employers of County Hospitals. The directors were critical of both the plans to take away the correction coefficient for county facilities and the...
The "Safe Patient" medical summit with the Prime Minister and ministers on Thursday, and the health summit at the Presidential Palace on Friday. Plus a debate in the Sejm after the government's information, at the request of the Law and Justice Party, about the "financial collapse of the National...
Another meeting of the Trilateral Team for Health Care ended without specifics. And, in fact, with one concrete - there will be, perhaps in January, a ready-made draft of amendments to the minimum wage law, assuming, among other things, no increases in 2026.
The OZZL Residents' Agreement strongly opposes plans to abolish or shorten postgraduate internships for doctors and dentists. The results of a survey of 720 students and interns from 22 universities show that the current training model does not provide sufficient practical preparation. According...
Prezydent podpisał ustawę z 7 listopada 2025 r., która przebudowuje system gromadzenia danych o zasobach ochrony zdrowia. Od 1 stycznia 2027 r. obecny SEZOZ zostanie zastąpiony nowym, znacznie szerszym i strategicznym Systemem Ewidencji Potencjału Świadczeniodawcy (EPS), co ma poprawić...
More than PLN 1.3 billion in additional funds have been added to the NFZ's 2025 financial plan: PLN 922 million from revenue bonds provided by the Prime Minister and PLN 400 million from the Health Ministry's budget. The money will go to provincial departments and will be used, among other...
HPV is mainly associated with cervical cancer, meanwhile the virus is also responsible for head and neck cancers and for a rare but extremely troublesome disease - recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. It's a disease that patients struggle with all their lives.
The Ombudsman has asked the Social Insurance Institution for clarification on the withholding of sickness benefits from pregnant women during checks for social insurance coverage. The Ombudsman stresses that the practice may be discriminatory and contradicts constitutional and international...
The State Sanitary Inspectorate has completed three nationwide inspections of biocidal products - those intended for professional users, those used in veterinary hygiene, and those used for the preservation of wood and building materials. The results show that a significant part of the products...
The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft law amending regulations on access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits from their use. The document envisages the introduction of a 10-year spending limit to guarantee stable financing of the system for controlling the use of genetic...
The Senate Health Committee is recommending approval of the revised Medical Fund Law without amendments. The vote will take place on Thursday, but there will be no surprise: a race against time is underway for the decision to take effect as soon as possible. At stake - 3.6 billion zlotys in cash,...
Academicians of medical schools received awards from the Minister of Health for scientific, didactic, implementation and organizational achievements, as well as for their overall professional achievements. During the ceremony, Deputy Health Minister Katarzyna Kęcka stressed the importance of the...
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...
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...
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,...
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 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...
Total health spending in Poland is 8.1 percent of GDP, according to the latest OECD report, Health at a Glance 2025. We lose just over 1 percentage point to the average of 38 OECD countries, but it should be remembered that there are many countries on the list where total health spending remains...
The Health Ministry has rescinded the order appointing the Health Minister's Plenipotentiary for Forensic Psychiatry. The decision - signed on November 7 by Undersecretary of State Katarzyna Kęcka - is a reaction to the growing media storm surrounding the previous Plenipotentiary, Prof. Janusz...
The Supreme Medical Council strongly opposes further deterioration of funding for public dentistry. The latest position of the Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council emphasizes that the introduction of modern services without adequate pricing will lead to the passing of costs to doctors, and...
Another PLN 3.5 billion will go to the NFZ, the health and finance ministers agreed on Friday. This money, the health ministry said in a laconic communiqué after the meeting, is expected to be enough to fund services until the end of the year. Experts fear it will not be enough.
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