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Medexpress message summary - November 9, 2022
Published Nov. 9, 2022 12:15
The Supreme Pharmaceutical Council is against the proposal to charge pharmacies, pharmacy outlets and pharmaceutical wholesalers with an annual fee. Such an idea is included in the draft amendment to the Pharmaceutical Law. "Considering the current, very difficult economic situation of entities operating generally accessible pharmacies and pharmacy outlets, caused by a number of legislative omissions, including the incorrect regulation of the method of calculating and the amount of retail margins, the negative effects of introducing an additional annual fee will primarily affect patients, as entities obliged to pay fees will be forced to pass the costs of the new tax on to people using the services of pharmacies and pharmacy outlets, ”reads a letter published by the NRA. More on Medexpress.pl
- Patients who start treatment early have the best clinical outcomes. This is a pilot, perfect program. However, we are constantly analyzing what else can be added, what drugs are needed - said Deputy Minister of Health Maciej Miłkowski in an interview with Medexpress, summing up 3.5 years of the SMA drug program. We publish the entire interview on Medexpress.pl
A draft amendment to the act on the professions of doctors and dentists has been submitted to the Council of Ministers. The changes are to concern the principles of financing benefits, including for the unemployed, seniors and pregnant women. The draft provides for the resignation from paying the health insurance premium, currently financed from the state budget. This applies, inter alia, to the unemployed, children, pupils, students, PhD students and trainees. These people will continue to be compulsory for health insurance and will continue to have the insured person status. According to the provisions, the National Health Fund will become the entity obliged to finance healthcare services in the field of highly specialized services, medicines for people over 75 and medicines for pregnant women.
In the Provincial Specialist Hospital for them. st. Rafał in Czerwona Góra (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship), a new Department of Day and Outpatient Chemotherapy has been opened for patients with lung cancer. Patients will receive comprehensive treatment in it. The waiting time for chemotherapy will also be shorter. - The patient will be treated on a one-day and outpatient basis, without the need to stay overnight in the hospital. Until now, after the consultation, the patient was referred to other centers for oncological therapy, which significantly extended the time needed for necessary treatment - informs Dr. Youssef Sleiman, director of the Provincial Specialist Hospital. St. Rafał in Czerwona Góra.
