A conversation with Prof. Maciej Krzakowski, national consultant in clinical oncology.
Ombudsman wants regulation of doctors' working hours. An audit by the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) found that doctors work up to two days without rest breaks. In May 2023. The Ombudsman addressed the then Health Minister Adam Niedzielski on the issue. He received a reply that the ministry was not...
On March 3, the international community unites to celebrate World Hearing Day, an international initiative under the aegis of the World Health Organization to raise awareness about the importance of hearing protection, prevention and support for people with hearing loss. This year's slogan,...
Minister Izabela Leszczyna and Deputy Minister Maciej Miłkowski took part in the celebration of World Rare Disease Day, organized by the National Forum for Rare Disease Therapy ORPHAN.
Up to 9 million people in Poland may be affected by obesity, the Supreme Audit Office estimates. Between 2020 and 2022, almost 800,000 patients were treated in POZ and AOS for this reason in our country, who received a total of 2.2 million services. In three years, the number of patients...
An interview with Dorota Korycinska, CEO of the National Federation of Oncology.
The Ombudsman asks Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna when all points of the Plan are expected to be implemented.
The need to create space for the renegotiation of milestones related to the implementation of the National Oncology Network project is the main demand of the letter sent by the President of the Board of Directors of the National Federation of Oncology Dorota Korycinska to the President of the...
The Minister of Health reminds that important changes to annual prescriptions come into effect on March 1, 2024.
On April 13, they will elect a new president at the District Medical Congress.
The Health Ministry is working to implement a directive that will ban the use of characterizing flavors in novel heated products. It is also preparing a ban on the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes.
The "Code of Ethics of a Pharmacist of the Republic of Poland" has been published in the Public Information Bulletin of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber.
"The effectiveness of long-term antibiotic therapy has not been confirmed (...), and may lead to significant side effects and result in antibiotic resistance selection in the entire Polish population. The medical literature precisely describes cases of complications after long-term antibiotic...
Dr n. med. Iwona Markiewicz zastąpiła na stanowisku dr. hab. n. o zdr.Mariolę Rybkę.Konsultantów krajowych powołuje minister zdrowia spośród specjalistów z poszczególnych dziedzin:medycyny,farmacji,innych dziedzin, które mają zastosowanie w ochronie zdrowia.Minister może poprosić o wskazanie...
Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy rozpoczął przyjmowanie zgłoszeń do VII edycji konkursu Animus Fortis 2023. Nagroda przyznawana jest za akcje ratownicze, dokonania oraz osiągnięcia, które miały miejsce w roku 2023. Zgłoszenia można nadsyłać do 26 marca 2024 r.
An interview with Anna Kupiecka, president of the OnkoCafe Foundation.
- I have put on the table my working proposal that all drafts on the permissibility of abortion be read at the next session of the Sejm, and that a further decision be made on their work," said Sejm Speaker Szymon Holownia at a press conference on Tuesday. - The abortion debate is a highly...
As of January 1, 2023, health services can be provided to convicts remotely. Deputy Ombudsman Wojciech Brzozowski is asking the Prison Service how it has organized the provision of these services, including whether they are possible in all penitentiary units.
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health on the framework program of the course in family medicine has been submitted for consultation.
When is a patient entitled to free sanitary transport? What is long-distance transport in POZ and does the emergency medical team provide sanitary transport services? Answers to these questions can be found in the Patient Navigator provided by the Patient Ombudsman.
Pulse oximeters from a perfume dealer, overpaid - several times over - medical equipment, tens of thousands of zlotys spent on analyses and consultations, contractors without experience. This, in one sentence, is how one can summarize the information that Tuesday's Gazeta Wyborcza reports on the...
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