Drug programs enable patients to benefit from expensive and innovative drugs. Those who have access to such treatment because they qualify for the program appreciate this fact, although they also point out the drawbacks that accompany this treatment formula. However, the main problem for patients...
The government's bill to amend the law, with amendments partially consummating the draft submitted by President Karol Nawrocki, is past its first reading. The ruling coalition did not agree to remove a provision from the law legalizing the withdrawal of the FM's budget subsidy in 2025. The money,...
The Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector has recalled a batch of an anticoagulant drug from circulation nationwide.
Rząd przyjął w środę projekt nowelizacji ustawy o Funduszu Medycznym – będzie on w czwartek procedowany w Sejmie w trybie pilnym, rano pierwsze czytanie w Komisji Zdrowia, późnym popołudniem – drugie czytanie na posiedzeniu plenarnym. Ustawa ma być uchwalona do piątku.
President Karol Nawrocki announced the holding of a medical summit after meeting with the president of the Supreme Medical Council, Lukasz Jankowski. The talks were held at the Presidential Palace in response to a call from the medical council regarding the crisis in health care.
The Council of Ministers has approved a draft law on the Medical Fund that will allow an additional PLN 3.6 billion to be transferred to the National Health Fund to finance excess services for children and adolescents.
The Supreme Chamber of Physicians has officially asked the Prime Minister and the President for an urgent meeting in connection with the growing financial crisis in health care and the postponement of patient services. The Presidential Palace has already responded - President Lukasz Jankowski has...
The Trilateral Team on Health Care only worked in full session on Tuesday for half an hour. Trade unions, outraged by the absence of a finance ministry representative, left the session, which, however, was not broken up - the employers' organizations remained at the table.
The Supreme Chamber of Physicians has issued an urgent call to the Prime Minister and the President to immediately open a dialogue on the growing crisis in health care. As the medical self-government stresses, the failure to reach an agreement with the Ministry of Health and the dramatic...
President Karol Nawrocki will submit his own draft amendments to the Medical Fund law. This is because he disagrees with the statutory cancellation of the 4 billion zloty "loan" the Health Minister took out against the Fund in the spring.
President Karol Nawrocki will send a draft amendment to the Medical Fund Act to the Parliament today. The proposal includes an infusion of more than PLN 3.5 billion into the NHF budget and the introduction of new tasks for the Fund, including the creation of a subfund for rare diseases in...
Doctors of the Healthcare Employers' Agreement (PPOZ) are sounding the alarm that the Health Minister's draft regulation on the rules for keeping and processing medical records will not only fail to streamline the system, but will actually lead to increased bureaucracy and serious organizational...
The Ministry of Health has submitted a draft regulation on the endoprosthesis registry for consultation. The new regulations are intended to simplify reporting obligations, improve the quality of collected data and ensure the continuity of the registry's work after legislative changes resulting...
Public dentistry in Poland is on the verge of collapse, warns Pawel Barucha, vice president of the Supreme Medical Council for dentistry. He points to growing underfunding, the exodus of small practices from the NFZ system, educational neglect and the risk of market monopolization. According to...
On Monday, November 17, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
Total health spending in Poland is 8.1 percent of GDP, according to the latest OECD report, Health at a Glance 2025. We lose just over 1 percentage point to the average of 38 OECD countries, but it should be remembered that there are many countries on the list where total health spending remains...
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common and one of the most aggressive lymphomas, which can progress rapidly and produce a variety of often confusing symptoms. Nevertheless, as Prof. Jan Maciej Zaucha, head of the Department of Hematology, Transplantation and Cellular Therapies...
Canada has lost its measles-free status, and in some regions the percentage of children unvaccinated against the disease reaches 70 percent. Yes, unvaccinated - that's not a Czech mistake, but... a Canadian one.
The latest report from the Central Statistical Office shows that 2024 was an exceptionally successful year for Polish biotechnology, with the number of companies operating in the sector increasing by more than 26%, and expenditures on biotechnology activities reaching PLN 3.3 billion, recording a...
The Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector has decided to immediately recall a batch of a drug used to treat thyroid disease.
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