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NIL: (Un)due reimbursement. Breakthrough in the case of penalized doctors

- Doctors cannot be punished for fighting a human disease at an early stage of development in accordance with the art of medicine and, above all, medical indications, says the president of the Supreme Medical Council, Lukasz Jankowski, referring to the case of penalties imposed by the National...

June 14, 2024
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AOTMiT: Transparency Council on benefits, reimbursement, targeted importation and health policy programs, among others

On Monday, June 17, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.

June 14, 2024
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We can be proud of the SMA treatment model. However, there are unmet needs

- It fills us with great pride that we are on the European podium in the care of patients with spinal muscular atrophy," said Prof. Maria Mazurkiewicz-Bełdzińska of the Medical University of Gdansk during a panel on rare diseases during Priorities and challenges in Polish and European drug policy...

June 13, 2024
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RPO on problems with access to court doctors

Citizens are complaining about problems with the availability of court doctors who issue certificates for a person's ability to appear at a hearing, the Ombudsman points out and addresses the Minister of Justice on the issue.

June 13, 2024
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Kryształowe Pióra 2024: Our editorial colleague with honors

Anna Jarosz from the editorial department of medexpress.pl was awarded in this year's edition of the Kryształowe Pióra competition for journalists for her material entitled "Hypercholesterolemia - let's talk about it more often". Nine journalists received the first prize and a statuette, and the...

June 13, 2024
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Blood donation: It's good, but...

According to the Supreme Audit Office, the blood donation system in Poland performs well during stable periods, but remains vulnerable to emergencies.

June 13, 2024
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Polish transplant medicine begins to recover

- From January to the end of May, 890 organs were transplanted in Poland. If this trend is maintained, we should exceed 2,100 transplants in 2024, Deputy Health Minister Marek Kos said at Wednesday's meeting of the Parliamentary Health Committee. This would mean a 16 percent year-on-year...

June 13, 2024
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National Association of Employers of County Hospitals with new board of directors

The General Assembly of the National Association of Employers of County Hospitals (OZPSP) was held on June 12, during which a new board of the organization was elected.

June 13, 2024
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In the Sejm about decriminalization and decriminalization of abortion

The parliamentary emergency committee set up to consider bills on aborting pregnancies dealt on Tuesday with a bill submitted by the Left to amend the Penal Code, a proposal by the Left to decriminalize and decriminalize abortion and aiding and abetting.

June 12, 2024
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Cancer patients wait for access to molecular diagnostics. The Health Ministry promises changes as early as 2024.

The All-Poland Oncology Federation held a meeting with Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna in April this year regarding, among other things, reimbursement of molecular tests for cancer diagnosis. Health Ministry staff assure that the topic will be implemented by the end of 2024.

June 12, 2024
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Poland rises from 21st to 20th place in European WAIT survey

W.A.I.T. Indicator: Poland once again rises in the ranking of European countries, but has the longest reimbursement waiting times and more and more drugs are available only to limited groups of patients. The European Union needs to even out the differences and reduce patient waiting times for...

June 12, 2024
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NIL: Poland on track to waste a billion zlotys a year on training surplus doctors

- We note with regret that in the public discussion there is a shallowing narrative: "there are queues to doctors, so we are short of doctors." Meanwhile, as the analysis of the NIL's Health System Transformation and Development Strategy Team shows, the queues are the result of the inefficiency...

June 11, 2024
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Stealing the image of a well-known doctor. Prof. Krzysztof Bielecki fell victim to fraudsters

The image of the well-known surgeon, Professor Krzysztof Bielecki, has been used by fraudsters to, among other things, advertise a pseudo-drug with alleged anti-atherosclerotic effects. Materials using deep fake technology have also been used to promote other preparations with questionable...

June 11, 2024
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Prenatal testing on the National Health Fund. Now for every pregnant woman

Pregnancy is a special time in every woman's life. To make it safe and peaceful it is worth performing prenatal tests, which play a key role in monitoring the health of both mother and child. As of June 5, 2024, the conditions for including pregnant women in prenatal diagnostics under the...

June 11, 2024
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Synergy of science, health and development. UW Faculty of Management experts on challenges in the pharmaceutical industry

What pharmacists need to know about biologic drugs, how to "advertise" pharmaceutical products, when off-label use of a drug is legitimate and how consumers visiting pharmacies can be classified - these were just a few of the issues discussed at the Medicine, Pharmacy and Business - Synergy of...

June 10, 2024
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Tofersen has EC marketing approval

Biogen obtains marketing approval from the European Commission for the drug tofersen, the first therapeutic solution for the treatment of a rare, genetic form of ALS. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with a mutation in the SOD1 gene is a devastating, fatal and extremely rare genetic form of...

June 10, 2024
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Ministerial scholarships distributed

Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna awarded 49 scholarships to medical students for significant achievements. Most of them were for academic performance.

June 10, 2024
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Psycho-oncological support for hemato-oncology patients and their relatives

The ,,Life with Cancer" Foundation is organizing a series of free psycho-oncology workshops organized as part of the "We Live" project. The project aims to support hematooncology patients and their loved ones. Subsidized by the DKMS Foundation, the workshops are free of charge.

June 10, 2024
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Treatment planned abroad. This is possible thanks to the presence in the EU

Thanks to its presence in the European Union, patients from Poland - after fulfilling several conditions - can receive elective treatment abroad. Throughout the Community in 2022, a total of more than 24,000 documents were issued as a basis for planned treatment. In 2023 alone. The National...

June 7, 2024
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More than PLN 4 billion for psychiatry. Ministry of Health announces record support

Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna at a press conference on investment in psychiatry: The mental health crisis affects many of us, increasingly children and adolescents, so investment in mental health care has been a priority for me since the beginning of my tenure.

June 6, 2024
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Medical Rationale of State: Education, Prevention, Diagnosis - Foundations of Health Security

Poland spends less on prevention than other EU countries. And according to the WHO, it can prevent up to 50% of cases of civilization diseases or delay their development, which allows to reduce spending on treatment tenfold," stressed Dr. Janusz Meder, during the debate on June 4 this year.

June 6, 2024