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...
We are prepared to smoothly transfer the funds necessary to implement the statutory provisions for salary increases," assured NFZ President Filip Nowak on Monday.
The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft law on central e-registration, one of the most important digital services in health care. As of January 1, 2026, some services will have to be registered through a central system. Patients will gain easier access to doctors and examinations, and...
The Left does not support the bill reforming hospitals, Joanna Wicha announced during the second reading. Shortly thereafter, Prime Minister Donald Tusk explained to ministers and deputy ministers that they would be required to vote in favor of the government's proposals from the "next session of...
The Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives is calling for enrollment caps in midwifery studies. Dramatically low birth rates, the closure of maternity wards and the declining number of women of childbearing age mean that excess graduates may soon fill the ranks of the unemployed.
The Minister of Health has appointed a Plenipotentiary for Cooperation with Medical Entities Supervised by the Minister of Defense. The newly created position was assumed by Prof. Jerzy Sienko, MD, affiliated with the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin.
Jolanta Sobierańska-Gerenda is the new health minister. But that's not all: in presenting the composition and plans of the new government, the prime minister announced that within days the health ministry will be completely depoliticized and entrusted to health care management professionals.
A patient with suspected cholera was hospitalized in the West Pomeranian region. Although the woman, nor her relatives, had not been abroad, a molecular test detected the presence of cholera comma. An epidemiological investigation is underway. The State Sanitary Inspectorate reassures: there is...
This is the view of the union side of the Trilateral Team for Health Care. Thursday's meeting was adjourned, and talks are expected to continue, but there is no indication that they will result in a convergence of positions.
The molecular test, twice as effective as conventional cytology in detecting precancerous cervical lesions, has been available since mid-July in a prevention program funded by the National Health Service.
On Wednesday, July 16, the Health Minister appointed a new composition of the Council. However, before this took place, the Council in its previous composition issued a positive opinion on the draft financial plan of the National Health Fund for 2026.
A new central ICT system will enable the ongoing monitoring of hospitals' resources - from the number of beds and staff, to blood or medical gas stocks. The government has passed a bill to establish a Provider Potential Register (EPS). The system is expected to become operational in 2027.
A draft regulation of the Minister of Health has been submitted for consultation, which provides for the expansion of the catalog of guaranteed services in hospital treatment. The amendment provides for the introduction of two modern and minimally invasive procedures used in the treatment of...
The Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council has expressed strong opposition to the draft regulation of the Council of Ministers on the Polish Classification of Goods and Services (PKWiU), which provides for the introduction into the classification of, among other things, "services in...
The Health Ministry wants to introduce new rules to the contracts that hospitals enter into with specialists. A doctor on contract is to work a minimum of half-time at a hospital, and if he or she wants to work at another hospital, the existing employer will have to agree.
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna estimates that the Sejm could deal with an amendment to the law, toughening penalties for attacks on medics, even before its vacation. This is not out of the question, but it seems that the changes to the law will have to wait until September, however. The draft...
Introducing the subject of "health education" into schools is an important step toward fulfilling the constitutional obligation to protect children's health, the Ombudsman stresses. In a letter to Minister Barbara Nowacka, the Ombudsman asks how the Ministry of Education intends to ensure that as...
Expenditures on health care services in 2026 will exceed PLN 201 billion, half of which will be allocated to inpatient care, despite the reform announced by the Health Ministry, which aims, among other things, to invert the pyramid of services by shifting some of them to outpatient care,...
Hospitals are waiting for the law and need it, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna said during a meeting with journalists on Wednesday. The head of the health ministry made no secret of the fact that she would like to see the law proceed quickly, especially since it is, in her opinion, thoroughly...
The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft amendment to the law on publicly funded health care services. The aim of the reform is to rationalize and make more flexible the system of basic hospital security (PSZ), as well as to improve the efficiency of hospitals. The reform is part of the...
The Chief Sanitary Inspectorate, in cooperation with the UNICEF Office for Refugee Response in Poland, has established the country's first "BOND" Behavioral Science in Public Health Team. The initiative brings together specialists from multiple institutions with a single goal: to more effectively...
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