Overview of Events of the Year 2022: April-June
Published Dec. 30, 2022 12:26
APRIL
On April 1, the implementation of the pilot drug reviews began. The pilot project provides for three contacts between the pharmacist and the patient, the effect of which is to develop an individual plan of pharmaceutical care for the patient and a plan to solve all detected real or potential problems related to the use of drugs. What's more, during the pharmaceutical consultation, the patient will also receive information on preventive health care.
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Also in April, vaccination with a second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines began in people over 80 years of age. Previously, it was only available to immunocompromised persons aged 12+ who may have had an inadequate immune response to the vaccination.
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COVID-19
The pilot project of the National Cardiology Network, implemented only in Mazovia, has been extended to five more provinces - Pomorskie, Łódzkie, Małopolskie, Wielkopolskie and Śląskie. The National Cardiology Network operates in several key areas of cardiovascular disease - heart failure, valvular defects, hypertension and arrhythmias.
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Fifteen people are counted by the Patient Organization Council, which was appointed by the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski. The Council will consult legislative proposals and engage in the most important issues from the patient's point of view. The Council is the first ever permanent body of representatives of patient organizations established in the Ministry of Health.
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MAY
A state of epidemic threat has been introduced in Poland. The Minister of Health announced the decision to end the state of pandemic, because - in his opinion - the pandemic situation is improving not only in Poland, but also in neighboring countries. The reason for this decision was the daily number of infections falling from week to week, as well as the decreasing number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
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The government has adopted a draft amendment on the minimum wage in health care. - This is a breakthrough act for Polish medics, which guarantees a systematic increase in salaries. We take into account the important role of nurses in it, the Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski wrote on Twitter, thanking the Council of Ministers for the decision.
The first Women's Health Congress was held at the Central House of Technology in Warsaw. The event was organized by the Żyjmy Zdrowo Foundation. The congress participants discussed about the standard of health care for women in Poland, combining the role of a patient with the role of a professionally active woman, about motherhood, smart ageing, healthy nutrition, mental health and prevention.
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JUNE
The Ministry of Health has announced a revolution in Primary Health Care. At the press conference, Minister Adam Niedzielski presented the assumptions of the PHC reform. They include a change in the method of financing, increasing the basket of diagnostic tests and shifting the focus to prevention. It is also an announcement of the introduction of coordinated care in the most common civilization diseases.
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The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft act on laboratory medicine. The draft defines the issues concerning the principles and conditions of performing laboratory medicine activities, performing the profession of laboratory diagnostician as well as supervision and control of laboratories, as well as the organization and operation of the self-government of laboratory diagnosticians.
