In an interview with "Rzeczpospolita", the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, said that "pharmacists are not authorized to issue prescriptions for vaccinations and we want to change it as soon as possible, but for this we need a statutory change. We want to look at it and discuss it together with the Health Committee, and propose an amendment that would give such possibilities."
On January 2, 2023, in an interview with RMF FM, Waldemar Kraska, Deputy Minister of Health, said that "at the next session of the Sejm, an amendment to the Reimbursement Act will be proposed so that the pharmacist can also issue a prescription for vaccination and immediately administer the vaccination."
This is a mockery of common sense as the flu vaccination policy should come into effect no later than September 1, 2022. Saying in the middle of flu season that "we want to look into it" and "an amendment to the bill will be tabled" is scandalous. Giving pharmacists the power to prescribe flu vaccines will not...
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