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The Ministry of Health gives healthcare entities more time to adapt to the new regulations

A draft regulation of the Minister of Health amending the regulation on the organizational standard of health care in the field of anaesthesiology and intensive care has been published.

Dec. 21, 2022
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Summary of Medexpress news - December 20, 2022

More than PLN 1.8 billion will be allocated in 2023 to standardize the employment of psychologists, educators, speech therapists, pedagogical therapists and special educators in mainstream schools, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced during a press conference at the School and...

Dec. 20, 2022
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The pilot of the National Oncology Network has been extended

– The oncology network will come into force from the second quarter of next year at the latest – said the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski. The head of the ministry announced that the pilot program would be extended. The Draft Ordinance of the Minister of Health amending the Ordinance on the...

Dec. 20, 2022
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Krzysztof Kopeć: Summary of the Year of Domestic Drug Manufacturers

Krzysztof Kopeć, President of the National Drug Manufacturers: The most important events of 2022 - Russia's attack on Ukraine and the economic crisis - also affected our industry. The refugee crisis has caused an increase in the demand for medicines in Poland, and together with the Ministry of...

Dec. 20, 2022
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Laboratory diagnostics and the requirement of knowledge of the Polish language. There is a draft regulation

The Draft Ordinance of the Minister of Health on confirming the knowledge of the Polish language necessary to perform the profession of a laboratory diagnostician in the territory of the Republic of Poland was submitted for consultation.

Dec. 20, 2022
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The subsidy to support pupils with special needs will increase by one-fifth

Over PLN 1.8 billion will be allocated in 2023 to standardize the employment of psychologists, educators, speech therapists, pedagogical therapists and special educators in mainstream schools, announced Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during a press conference at the School and Kindergarten...

Dec. 20, 2022
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Adam Niedzielski: The existing certificates of psychotherapists will still be recognized after the introduction of the specialization

Psychotherapists are concerned about the changes that the Ministry of Health is planning to introduce in their profession. It is about a draft regulation, according to which a separate specialization in this field would be introduced. – The specialization exam is to be a guarantee of quality in...

Dec. 20, 2022
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Jacek Hołub sums up 2022 in the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

“This year has started with very good news for us. This is what we have been striving for for many years. The Ministry of Health has lifted restrictions on the duration of biological therapy. Until now, patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease could receive treatment for one or two...

Dec. 19, 2022
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Prof. Leszek Czupryniak sums up 2022 in diabetology

– This year will go down in the history of Polish diabetology as a breakthrough year. Lots of good things happened. We are experiencing a revolution when it comes to the concept of treatment and access to new drugs. From May to September, the Ministry of Health made decisions extending the...

Dec. 19, 2022
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Prof. Zbigniew Żuber sums up 2022 in the care of patients with rare diseases

“This is a great year for us and for our patients. The National Plan for Rare Diseases has been launched. We've been waiting for this for over 10 years. Thanks to the support of AOTMiT and the Ministry of Health and the National Health Fund, therapeutic programs for our patients are not only...

Dec. 19, 2022
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Prof. Joanna Jędrzejczak sums up the year 2022 in epileptology

– Epilepsy has been a challenge for centuries. It is difficult to isolate any year in which we have exceptional activities. It is very important that this year we start talking more and more about epilepsy. This is a starting point for discussions about diagnostic possibilities and the protocol...

Dec. 19, 2022
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NMOSD patients are waiting for real access to reimbursed treatment

From November 1, 2022, a new drug program B.138.FM is in force, addressed to the treatment of people with the spectrum of optic neuritis and spinal cord inflammation (NMOSD). As part of it, patients are to receive a modern drug from the class of monoclonal antibodies - satralizumab. However,...

Dec. 19, 2022
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Dr. Janusz Meder sums up the year 2022 in oncology

– The last year, very difficult due to the pandemic, inflation and the drama of war, was burdened with such problems as a decrease in attendance at screening examinations. However, we cannot be dissatisfied. The crisis was quickly brought under control. However, we are grateful to the decision-...

Dec. 19, 2022
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Katarzyna Lisowska, leader of the Hematooncology Association, sums up 2022

– A lot has happened in hematooncology in 2022. Patients have received a lot of therapy. In haemato-oncological diseases, only drugs are considered and for us this is the basis. We got a lot of medicines in the reimbursement system, for which we were waiting - said Katarzyna Lisowska, the leader...

Dec. 19, 2022
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The National Oncology Network, however, in the second quarter. The Minister of Health makes further declarations

– The oncology network will come into force from the second quarter of next year at the latest – announced the Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski in an interview with RMF radio. Meanwhile, at the end of the year, the pilot run in several voivodeships ends. The head of the ministry announces that...

Dec. 19, 2022
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The pilot of the SmartDoktor program has begun

A group of 1.2 patients under the age of 18 with primary and secondary immunodeficiencies, including those after infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, will be included in the pilot program of remote health monitoring. Primary health care and outpatient specialist care facilities can now apply for...

Dec. 18, 2022
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There is a draft January list of reimbursed drugs

The Ministry of Health has published a draft announcement of the Minister of Health on the list of reimbursed drugs, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and medical devices, which will enter into force on January 1, 2023. Possible comments on the draft Announcement of the Minister of...

Dec. 17, 2022
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Multiple myeloma: Patient Academy

This Saturday, December 17, 2022 from At 10 am, the conference of the "Patient Academy" series, organized by the Carita Foundation, begins. Wiesława Adamiec, whose aim is to promote equal opportunities for patients with multiple myeloma, so that everyone can have access to the latest treatment...

Dec. 16, 2022
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Money for health: the Senate vetoes, the Sejm rejects the veto

On Thursday late in the evening, the Sejm rejected the Senate's veto to amend the act on the professions of doctor and dentist, which means that next year there will be less money in the National Health Fund's coffers - even by PLN 13 billion. There was no discussion, but there was a huge...

Dec. 16, 2022
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Investments in healthcare. The Ministry will receive almost PLN 3 billion from the FEnIKS programme

Almost PLN 3 billion was received by the Ministry of Health of the European Funds for Infrastructure, Climate and Environment Program (FEnIKS). The money will go to to primary health care. On Wednesday (14.12.) an agreement on the implementation of the program was signed.

Dec. 15, 2022
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Senate: Huge health debt requires a lot of funding, not savings

On Thursday, the Senate will decide on the amendment to the act on the professions of doctor and dentist, the entry into force of which threatens to reduce health care funds by PLN 13 billion next year. – I am ashamed that the Ministry of Health came up with the draft of this act – said the...

Dec. 15, 2022