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Medexpress message summary - 10/12/2022
Published Oct. 12, 2022 10:05
Over PLN 800 million is to be allocated next year for the reimbursement of new drugs. The Ministry of Health published a draft regulation on the allocation of the amount of financial resources in 2023, constituting an increase in the total budget for reimbursement. As we read in the Implementation Impact Assessment, 817 632 thousand zlotys will be allocated to financing drugs, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and medical devices which have not yet been covered by reimbursement. zloty. This is more than four times more than in 2022 (176 million 503 thousand).
The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, submitted to the Sejm a draft act amending the act on the Medical Fund and some other acts. The project aims to support activities related to the prevention of infectious diseases, in particular by purchasing vaccines to carry out the recommended preventive vaccinations under the Immunization Program. The draft law also provides for the addition of a new category of benefits financed from the funds from the Medical Fund for children and adolescents up to the age of 18 - guaranteed benefits related to genetic diagnostics in the field of outpatient specialist care or hospital treatment.
The audit by the Supreme Audit Office showed that the hospitals examined by the NIK were not prepared to operate in the conditions of the COVID-19 epidemic and that the changes introduced after its announcement did not ensure their proper functioning - according to the report published on Tuesday. That is - nothing new under the sun, the Supreme Audit Office confirmed what the system experienced during the first few months of the pandemic, as well as its employees and patients - writes Małgorzata Solecka in her column. The entire article is available on Medexpress.pl
"Oncology - turn on your medical passion!" this is the slogan of the campaign that aims to encourage future doctors to choose this specialization. - Tumors are becoming one of the main causes of death, ¬ said Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski during the conference inaugurating the campaign. There is a shortage of oncologists in Poland. Only 60 percent is occupied. places in this specialization. With the help of video materials in which specialists in oncology fields, students and patients speak, as well as articles - interviews with experts in the field of oncology, the Ministry of Health wants to encourage doctors to choose this specialization.
