We are educating more and more people in nursing faculties, but the staffing crisis in the profession continues and is even getting worse, or at any rate - will get worse in the next several years. The number of nurses should double if we want to compare ourselves with countries that provide...
The Health Ministry has submitted for consultation a draft regulation aimed at improving the comprehensiveness of nursing and care services in long-term care. The proposed changes aim to increase the ability to provide patients with a wider range of services - from hospitalization to specialized...
A patient whose laryngeal cancer diagnosis was delayed has received record compensation from the Medical Event Compensation Fund. The amount of PLN 202,971 is the highest sum awarded to date by the Patient Ombudsman under the Fund's operation. To date, more than 300 patients have already...
Increasing pharmaceutical production in Poland is necessary in the current geopolitical situation to ensure access to essential medicines. Representatives of the Military Health Service, the Ministry of Health and the National Drug Manufacturers are unanimous in pointing out that individual...
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Polish pharmacies are increasingly encountering prescriptions issued by Ukrainian doctors. The Main Pharmaceutical Inspectorate reminds that under current law, a pharmacy is obliged to fill such a prescription - as long as it meets certain conditions. What...
The government did not approve the hospital reform bill on Tuesday. Officially, the reason was not given. The bill is to be taken up again by the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers.
The Interactive Report on the Most Important Indicators Describing the Treatment Process for Plasmacytoma in Poland is designed to enable Data monitoring - essential for ensuring effective treatment. - It will influence the effectiveness of treatment so that all reimbursement achievements have an...
The inspection of vaccination cards, which began in early April, is scheduled to last until June, although its completion may be delayed in some, the largest, cities. - The mere announcement of the inspection has already caused vaccination centers to report higher numbers of unvaccinated...
There are situations in medicine where administrative procedures can weigh on someone's health - or even life. An example is the organization of the purchase of a drug for children with spinal muscular atrophy. When the diagnosis is made early, and the appropriate therapy is implemented...
A total of 3905 formally correct applications were submitted in the spring qualification procedure for specialty training in 2025. More than 3,000 doctors qualified.
The OZZL Residents' Agreement has sharply criticized the reduction in the health premium that the Sejm voted through. In an open letter, they appeal to the President of the Republic of Poland to refer the bill for reconsideration, pointing to the dangerous financial consequences and the risk of...
The Health Ministry will address hospitals and remind them of the differences between the right to visitation and the right to extra nursing care. This is the result of a petition signed by more than 57,000 people to uphold the right of parents to be with their child in the ICU.
The parliament has passed a reduction in health premiums for entrepreneurs starting January 1, 2026. Contrary to the public declaration, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna voted with the government's majority, namely the KO and Third Way clubs. The lion's share of Law and Justice, the Left and...
Excess of realized home-based long-term care nursing services is paid at 50 percent. - This is the maximum we can give. This is not due to malice," assured Deputy Health Minister Jerzy Szafranowicz during Wednesday's meeting of the Health Committee.
Type 1 diabetes patients over the age of 26 lose their right to reimbursement for insulin pumps and continuous glycemic monitoring (CGM) systems. This means that patients have to cover the full cost of therapy, which for many is a financial barrier preventing the continued use of these modern...
Diagnostyka S.A. is expanding its operations in the diagnostic imaging segment. The company has acquired a majority stake (51%) in Eurodiagnostic, a company specializing in mobile computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) and X-ray laboratories. The transaction was valued at PLN 23...
National consultants, clinicians and experts are calling for the introduction of an assessment of the presence of signals that may indicate autism spectrum disorders into a two-year-old's health balance sheet, since only early initiation of therapy can bring the expected results. There is also a...
Prehabilitation is the process of preparing a patient for treatment. More and more centers in Poland are implementing this model of care, recognizing its positive impact on surgical and oncological treatment outcomes. Dr. Beata Jagielska, director of the National Cancer Institute, talks about the...
The Parliamentary Health Committee approved the government's bill on the National Cardiac Network on Tuesday. Law and Justice (PiS) deputies had proposed that KSK services be financed from the state budget rather than by the National Health Fund, but this did not win majority support.
Victoria Tian assumes the position of Country President of Novartis Poland. She previously worked at Novartis China and MSD, where she successfully led the immunology and oncology teams. She holds a PhD in biostatistics from Yale University.
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