A legal opinion on penalties imposed by the National Health Fund on physicians for improperly - in the fund's opinion - determining the degree of drug reimbursement has been prepared at the request of the Supreme Medical Chamber. NIL provides specimens of pleadings to doctors who want to assert...
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on guaranteed primary health care services has been submitted for consultation.
The mental health of children and adolescents is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Health and the government (...) Without resources, without a lot of money, this reform could not be carried out," says MZ Secretary of State Waldemar Kraska.
Vision Group, a public affairs consulting firm, has gained a new partner and shareholder. Jarek Oleszczuk joined the company's team in August/September 2023 and, in his role as Head of International Development, will be responsible for developing services in foreign markets and overseeing the...
More than PLN 7 billion in profit was recorded by the National Health Fund in 2022, according to the annual report on the implementation of the financial plan, presented at the August meeting of the Parliamentary Health Committee. Most of this result was influenced by the failure to carry out the...
On Wednesday (30.08.) in the Official Gazette of the Ministry of Health, an order was published by the Minister of Health on the appointment of a Team for the development of draft regulations governing the nursing and midwifery professions.
As many as 217 audit conclusions and almost PLN 500 million in financial consequences of irregularities - these are the results of an NIK audit of the operation of district hospitals in 2020-2022. The district hospitals audited had problems with balancing their operations. And this is just the...
It is no longer only in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship that we are dealing with the occurrence of legionellosis due to infection with the Legionella bacterium. In recent days, the infection has also been confirmed in patients from the Lubelskie and Malopolskie provinces.
The National Blood Center reminds that blood is needed all year round and appeals to blood donors to come to Blood Donation and Hemotherapy Centers, Area Branches or mobile blood collection events.
More than three-quarters of large employers in the U.S. have seen an increase in mental health needs in their employees in recent years, according to a recent report compiled by the Business Group of Health. These include depression, anxiety and substance use disorders.
The seventh person found to be infected with Legionella has died, Chief Sanitary Inspector Krzysztof Saczka told Polsat News. A total of 76 infected people have been diagnosed with the infection so far.
Ten years after the contract was signed between the local government and the private company, the hospital in Łask still lacked an emergency department (ED), dialysis station and MRI, and the gynecology and obstetrics ward was eliminated. Thus, instead of expanding patient services, the County...
- The position of the patient in the health care system is crucial and must be strengthened, Health Minister Katherine Sójka said during a meeting with organizations representing patients on Friday. The meeting with the Council of Patients' Organizations under the Minister of Health and the...
From 18 to 25 months after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the period during which a citizen of that country who has obtained qualifications as a doctor or dentist outside the territory of the European Union member states can be granted permission to practice in Poland and be granted a...
The requirements to be met by a university in order to launch a degree program in medicine will be lowered, MPs decided during Friday's session, rejecting the Senate's amendments to amend the provisions of, among others, the Law on Higher Education and Science.
The Senate's veto of the quality law was rejected at Thursday's meeting of the Parliamentary Health Committee. - I could conclude that you are against participation, the participation of patients in the evaluation of the treatment process," commented Deputy Health Minister Piotr Bromber on the...
Ponad 300 mln zł zostało od 2019 roku wydane na realizację projektu „Dostępność dla zdrowia” – poinformował minister zdrowia Adam Niedzielski podczas wizyty w Samodzielnym Publicznym Zakładzie Opieki Zdrowotnej w Szamotułach. Projekt ma zapewnić komfort obsługi pacjentów m. in. osób z...
The NIL Board of Experts has issued a position statement opposing the use of long-term antibiotic therapy for patients diagnosed with Lyme disease, known as the "ILADS" method. As the Chamber points out, this therapy has insufficient clinical basis and is associated with many side effects.
There is one full-time psychologist position at school for an average of 785 people, according to a report by the Grow Space Foundation. Schools are having trouble filling the positions, and in some municipalities vacancies account for as much as 40 percent. Psychologists are not persuaded to...
Komitet Ochrony Zdrowia Federacji Przedsiębiorców Polskich przeprowadził badanie opinii publicznej w ramach kampanii „5 kroków do naprawy polskiej ochrony zdrowia”, podczas której wypracowano pięć głównych potrzeb zdrowotnych wymagającym pilnych zmian. Celem badania opinii publicznej było...
- We need to improve the infrastructure, because unfortunately, psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric care centers have often been overlooked. We are filling this gap. Today we are settling a competition for nearly PLN 80 million. - said Health Minister Adam Niedzielski during a press conference...
Examinations under the 40 Plus Prevention Program can be used for longer, until the end of June next year, the National Health Fund reminds. According to the National Health Fund, more than 2.7 million people have already had their health checked.
Funding for public health care will be increased by more than PLN 15 billion. - This is money coming from the premium and reserve fund of the National Health Fund. In recent years, part of health spending was financed from the state budget. I'm talking primarily about expenses related to the...
Several patients with rosea, an infectious bacterial disease of the skin, are staying at the Infectious Diseases Clinic of the Regional Hospital in Kielce. The number of hospitalized patients, despite the rotation, has not been decreasing for some time. Doctors say that there have not been so...
- We have prepared a solution that will bring a total of more than PLN 15 billion to the health care system over the course of the year, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski announced. The money is expected to allow for increases in the minimum wage, increases in other salaries and to cover the...
More than 457,000 people missed appointments with specialists in endocrinology, cardiology, oncology and orthopedics in the first six months of 2023 alone. The National Health Service is calling for cancellations of appointments that patients know they will not attend.
The Minister has submitted the 2024 Tarification Plan to the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification.
Sanepid has decided to close seven Tri-City seaside bathing beaches due to a blue-green algae bloom. The ban on entering the water is in effect in Gdynia and Sopot. The dangerous bacteria were found in Gdynia's bathing beaches: Babie Doły, Orłowo, Redłowo and Środmieście, and Sopot's: Łazienki...
As of July 3, doctors are subject to limits on e-prescribing. This may limit patients' right to health services. As a result, the RPO Office is asking the health ministry for its position and the basis for the introduction of the limits.
"The draft law on civil protection and the state of calamity does not envisage the creation of an alternative or competing system to the PRM in the State Fire Service (PSP) in the field of medical rescue," reassures Deputy Interior and Administration Minister Maciej Wąsik. At issue is the...
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