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The flu peak is yet to come

- We have no chance to work according to schedules, we have an oversupply of patients - every day, since at least the beginning of December. Flu prevails. Our staff is sick too. The situation in outpatient clinics and clinics is very difficult - this is how Dr. Agata Sławin, an expert of the...

Jan. 4, 2023
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Stories of strange content

On January 3, 2023, in the program "Kwadrans Polityczny" on TVP1, Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska said, among other things, that "at the next session of the Sejm, next week, we want to submit an amendment so that the pharmacist can also issue us this prescription. So we enter the...

Jan. 4, 2023
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The Council of Ministers adopted the draft act on the National Oncology Network

“Hospitals that meet the eligibility criteria will form the National Oncology Network (KSO), announced Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki after the meeting of the Council of Ministers at which the draft act was adopted, providing for a new model for managing oncological care in Poland.

Jan. 4, 2023
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The government has adopted a draft law on the National Oncology Network

On Tuesday, the government adopted a draft law on the National Oncology Network. - Cancer treatment in Poland will be based on the highest and uniform standards - assures the Minister of Health. The presentation of the assumptions of the KSO was used by the government to once again assure about...

Jan. 4, 2023
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Waldemar Kraska: Triple tests may appear next week

– The incidence of influenza has increased slightly and is now 113 people per 100,000. residents. The good news is that the incidence among the youngest has decreased - said Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska during a press briefing after the meeting of the crisis staff. Triple tests for...

Jan. 3, 2023
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Transparency Council, among others about drugs for cancer and diagnosis of tuberculosis

On Monday, January 9, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.

Jan. 3, 2023
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Too late again

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...

Jan. 3, 2023
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The National Health Fund will more easily verify the right to health care services

The Draft Ordinance of the Minister of Health on the detailed scope and method of transferring data on persons covered by health insurance and payers of contributions, persons receiving benefits granted under the provisions on sickness or accident insurance, persons applying for old-age or...

Jan. 3, 2023
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The incidence of cancer is increasing in Poland

Cancer is invariably a growing health problem of Polish society, according to the latest study by the Central Statistical Office. Gastrointestinal and reproductive system cancers are the most commonly diagnosed.

Jan. 2, 2023
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Health protection under the scrutiny of NIK. What will the Chamber do in 2023?

As many as 90 topics of planned inspections were included in the work plan of the Supreme Audit Office for 2023. The Chamber plans to undertake a lot of activities in the area of ​​health care. Including leaning on oncological treatment, obesity and securing the state with blood.

Jan. 2, 2023
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PES: The new regulations are already in force. Today is an important deadline

The Ministry of Health has published information on the rules of exemption from the oral part of the State Specialization Examination and the deadline for submitting an application for joining the PES in the spring session of 2023.

Jan. 2, 2023
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Laboratory medicine: new regulations on improving professional qualifications

In the OJ The Ministry of Health published the Draft Ordinance of the Minister of Health on continuing professional development.

Jan. 2, 2023
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Waldemar Kraska: People are still dying of Covid-19 in Poland

– Covid-19 is in retreat at the moment, but still people in Poland die from the infection. Each such death is a human tragedy, said Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska in an interview for Polish Radio 24. "The data we're getting is optimistic," he added.

Dec. 30, 2022
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The Ministry of Health appoints the Team for the implementation of coordinated care in POZ

In the OJ The Ministry of Health published the Ordinance of the Minister of Health of December 29, 2022 on the appointment of a Team for the implementation of coordinated care in primary health care.

Dec. 30, 2022
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A pharmacist should deal with medications, not swabs

The President of the District Pharmacy Council in Warsaw stated that "combined tests for COVID-19, influenza and RSV are a classic example of the possibility of using the potential of pharmacists employed in pharmacies, the implementation of this service in the pharmacy will relieve the health...

Dec. 30, 2022
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Review of the Events of the Year 2022: July-September

JULY The Cardiac Surgery Clinic of the University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw has obtained the consent of the Ministry of Health to perform heart and lung transplantation operations. Not only separate heart and lung transplants are planned, but also multi-organ...

Dec. 30, 2022
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Overview of Events of the Year 2022: April-June

APRIL On April 1, the implementation of the pilot drug reviews began. The pilot project provides for three contacts between the pharmacist and the patient, the effect of which is to develop an individual plan of pharmaceutical care for the patient and a plan to solve all detected real or...

Dec. 30, 2022
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Review of the Year 2022 Events: January-March

JANUARY Poland struggled with the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The Omicron variant began to be responsible for the increasing number of infections. The Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, announced a package of solutions to increase the availability of testing for the presence of the...

Dec. 30, 2022
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The fight over anti-influenza drugs. The former and current health minister are having a discussion on Twitter

“Poland is not at risk of a shortage of medicines during the flu season,” the Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski assured on Twitter, responding to signals about difficulties with buying one of the antiviral drugs. The former Minister of Health, Bartosz Arłukowicz, commented on the case and...

Dec. 30, 2022
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Off-label therapy is a decision to start a medical experiment

The use of a medicinal product in the off-label procedure is a biomedical experiment. Change in the therapeutic procedure in terms of indications for use, dosage, route of administration without further specification: 1/contraindications, 2/special warnings and precautions, 3/interactions with...

Dec. 29, 2022
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L4 on demand. The president of the NRL proposes a solution that will relieve doctors from writing sick leave for several days

“We should start discussing sick leave immediately. About the fact that some patients reporting to a doctor today for sick leave during an ongoing infection could use it without the need for a visit or teleconsultation - said Dr. Łukasz Jankowski, president of the Supreme Medical Council, in an...

Dec. 29, 2022