Starting September 1, Health Education classes will begin in Polish schools. New data from the GrowSPACE Foundation shows that more than two-thirds of the new subject's full-time positions are already filled at the beginning of September, and 1,412 municipalities are fully prepared for the new...
Former Health Minister Adam Niedzielski was attacked by two men in front of a restaurant in the center of Siedlce, RMF FM reporter Michal Dobrolowicz determined. The politician was taken to a local hospital, and his life is not in danger.
On Wednesday morning, the database systems of the National Emergency Medical Service Command Support System crashed. Thanks to emergency procedures, all calls were handled and medical rescue teams were dispatched in real time.
Federacja Porozumienie Zielonogórskie ostrzega, że we wrześniu 2025 roku wygaśnie finansowanie funkcji koordynatora opieki, bez którego model opieki koordynowanej w podstawowej opiece zdrowotnej nie przetrwa. Lekarze rodzinni, specjaliści i organizacje pacjenckie są zgodni: to rozwiązanie realnie...
There is a presidential draft amendment to the Law on Aid to Ukrainian Citizens, which, among other things, stipulates that only those with health insurance will have access to health care within the public system. Doctors may be disappointed: Karol Nawrocki wants to maintain provisions for...
In the first six months of 2025, the Social Insurance Institution recovered 150.5 million zlotys through checks on sick leave and reductions in benefits after termination of employment. It turns out that some insured people treat sick leave as an additional vacation or an opportunity to make...
President Karol Nawrocki did not sign the so-called Ukrainian law. - The NIL's actions have had an effect: the President has vetoed the amendment to the aid speculation law, stresses the Supreme Medical Chamber, which in the first half of August called for such a decision because of the inclusion...
Just before the start of the school year, the bishops reminded parents of their May appeal on health education. The Episcopate warns against "systemic depravity" and encourages people not to send their children to classes. Meanwhile, the medical community has been calling for years for the...
It is impossible to boost immunity with supplements. Instead, patients facing cancer treatment should get vaccinated, advises Dr. n. pharm. Leszek Borkowski, a clinical pharmacologist.
An announcement from the Minister of Health has been published with a list of immunizations that, starting August 25, 2025, can be performed in pharmacies and financed - in whole or in part - with public funds. The list includes as many as 11 vaccinations, including those against COVID-19,...
September is the time when children return to school and kindergarten, and for family doctors - the beginning of the annual marathon of bureaucracy. In addition to an increase in the number of infections and health balances, primary care clinics are flooded with a wave of requests for...
The Health Minister's draft regulation provides for an increase in the flat rate per beneficiary in the mental health centers pilot program - from PLN 75.74 to PLN 82.55. The change - in line with the recommendation of the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification - is to take...
The government has adopted a draft amendment to the Criminal Code and the Misdemeanor Code, which is expected to increase legal protection not only for public officials, but also for doctors, nurses, mountain and water rescuers and ordinary citizens providing assistance. An attack on an...
The Health Ministry has released for consultation a draft regulation on key recommendations for cardiac care and clinical management. The regulations are intended to standardize the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease across the country, improve the quality of care and ensure equal access to...
The three union headquarters have sent a letter to President Karol Nawrocki expressing concern about the provisions of the pending presidential amendment to the Health Benefits Law, or - the Hospitality Law. In the letter they present a long list of concerns, even allegations. There is no direct...
This is only a temporary coincidence, not a causal relationship, but worth noting. At the end of last week, the media publicized a letter from the All-Polish Trade Union of Nurses and Midwives on changes to the law on minimum wages; a few days later, the health ministry announced the resignation...
Cabbage poultices "for cancer," a tincture of grated horseradish with vodka "for back pain," and depression cured by talking to a chiropractor - such advice can still be read in magazines available in Post Office outlets. Doctors alert that despite earlier protests, nothing has changed, and...
Prof. Piotr Czauderna has been appointed by President Karol Nawrocki as social advisor.
Lack of specialist doctors, delayed decisions, vague justifications, plus architectural barriers and faulty application practices - this is the system for assessing disability and determining the level of need for support in Wielkopolska. The Delegation of the Supreme Chamber of Control in Poznań...
Vacations are a time to recuperate, relax and enjoy life, and eating is an integral and highly enjoyable part of it. Unfortunately, for many people, the prospect of a vacation is associated with the fear of losing control of their diets and undoing their previous efforts. This is the trap of all-...
The request for a preventive review of the constitutionality of the legislation allowing children to receive psychological help without the consent of their parents and guardians symbolically sums up ten years of Andrzej Duda's presidency.
Nearly PLN 18 billion from the National Plan for Reconstruction and Enhancement of Resilience (NIP) is supporting the development of Poland's health care system. The funds go to hospitals, clinics, medical universities and research centers across the country - regardless of region. This is the...
District hospitals will sign annexes, based on which the National Health Fund will transfer funds to implement the AOTMiT recommendation related to increased labor costs as of July 1. Hospitals had strong objections to the recommendation, but after a meeting with the Health Minister, there is no...
Patient Ombudsman Bartlomiej Chmielowiec has already issued 49 decisions against entities offering to issue online e-prescriptions for narcotic and psychotropic drugs without personally examining the patient. After the law was amended in November 2024, these activities continue to raise serious...
In 2024, per capita public spending will exceed 47,000 zlotys. Although the state budget is swelling with transfers and the rising cost of debt, the health of citizens is still in the background. On average, we spend more than twice as much on health care as we do on pensions, and the growing...
President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda handed out nomination acts to academic teachers and employees of science and the arts. 41 nominations were given to health-related individuals.
Wspólna akcja CBŚP, Prokuratury Okręgowej w Zielonej Górze, NFZ i inspektoratów farmaceutycznych z Gdańska i Warszawy doprowadziła do rozbicia jednej grupy przestępczej. Zatrzymano 21 osób – lekarzy, właścicieli aptek i przedsiębiorców. Straty budżetu publicznego sięgają co najmniej 82 milionów...
W 2024 roku bieżące wydatki na ochronę zdrowia wyniosły według wstępnych szacunków 293,6 mld zł, czyli 8,1% PKB. To o 47 mld zł więcej niż rok wcześniej. Zarówno środki publiczne, jak i prywatne rosną systematycznie – tylko między 2014 a 2024 rokiem wzrosły odpowiednio o ponad 150% i 173% -...
Gościem Iwony Schymalli jest dr Marcin Podgórski, dyrektor Lotniczego Pogotowia Ratunkowego.
Donald Tusk promised billions of zlotys for child and adolescent psychiatry instead of TVP. The GrowSPACE Foundation has reached documents from the Ministry of Health about the awarding of a competition of applications in the Medical Fund. They show that record investments in child and adolescent...
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