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Draft law on the profession of psychologist and professional self-government of psychologists in the final straight

- The profession of psychologist is a profession of public trust and should finally be properly regulated! - said Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, Minister of Family, Labor and Social Policy, after a meeting with representatives of the All-Poland Professional Association of Psychologists. She added...

Jan. 24, 2024
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European Commission on in vitro diagnostics. More availability is needed

The European Commission is proposing more time for companies to apply the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR). It is also proposing measures to increase transparency in the medical device sector, including by speeding up the launch of some elements of the European medical device...

Jan. 24, 2024
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Izabela Leszczyna o podwyżkach dla pielęgniarek. Co z obywatelskim projektem ustawy?

Posłowie pytają, ministrowie odpowiadają. Po Exposé Donalda Tuska, na pytania posłów z zakresu działania Ministerstwa Zdrowia odpowiada szefowa resortu. Poseł Czesław Hoc pyta o losy obywatelskiego projektu ustawy o podwyżkach dla pielęgniarek. Pyta też o podwyżki dla innych grup zawodowych.

Jan. 24, 2024
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Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz: jest zgoda co do tabletki dzień po. W kwestii aborcji mamy w koalicji różne zdania

– Procedowana będzie zmiana w prawie farmaceutycznym, dotycząca tzw. antykoncepcji awaryjnej. Będzie to dotyczyło jednej substancji, która nie ma charakteru wczesnoporonnego, co było istotne dla mojego środowiska – powiedział w programie „Sygnały Dnia” na antenie Polskiego Radia wicepremier...

Jan. 24, 2024
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Collection of cells, tissues and organs from a deceased person. What about the consent of the family?

In Poland, there is a presumption of a deceased person's consent to the donation of their cells, tissues and organs. Given the accepted practice of talking to the family of a deceased person, it might be advisable - given the low public awareness of transplantation - to legally regulate the...

Jan. 24, 2024
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Ukraine: more mobile clinics near the front line

Continuous attacks on medical facilities in Ukraine leave the country unable to provide citizens with efficient access to medical services. This is especially true for localities close to the front line - which is why six months ago the Polish Medical Mission, in cooperation with FRIDA Ukraine,...

Jan. 23, 2024
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A psychologist without a referral? Changes in the pilot of mental health centers

The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health Amending the Regulation on the Pilot Program in Mental Health Centers has been submitted for consultation.

Jan. 23, 2024
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A case unique in the world. UCK doctors saved the life of 6-year-old Alex

A multidisciplinary team of specialists from the University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Gdansk saved the life of 6-year-old Alexander. The absolute havoc in the boy's respiratory system was most likely caused by a fungal infection. His condition was so serious and complicated...

Jan. 23, 2024
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WHO: COVID-19 infections on the rise

Worldwide, the number of new cases increased by 4 percent in the 28-day period from December 11, 2023 to January 7, 2024, compared to the previous 28-day period. It amounted to more than 1.1 million new cases, the World Health Organization reports. The number of deaths, on the other hand, fell by...

Jan. 23, 2024
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NHF reminds: HPV vaccination program is in operation

Vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV), as part of the universal vaccination program, is recommended for both girls and boys in their 12th and 12th years, the National Health Fund headquarters reminds. Cervical Cancer Awareness Week is underway.

Jan. 23, 2024
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End of the Metabolic Disease Outpatient Clinic of the National Institute of Hygiene - PIB

What about the patients?

Jan. 23, 2024
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The National Health Service has issued a communiqué on pharmacy duty.

The National Health Fund has issued a communication to pharmacy operators on on-call duty. It is about the work of pharmacies at night and on holidays. On-call work is financed by public funds.

Jan. 23, 2024
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Ombudsman writes to the Supreme Medical Council

The issue is the reimbursement of defense attorney's fees to a doctor acquitted after "disciplinary action."

Jan. 23, 2024
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Are we facing a total paralysis of inpatient rehabilitation? All because of...

- "Pressing" this obligation on physiotherapists is absurd," says KRF President Dr. Tomasz Dybek. Bureaucracy will push the patient into the background?

Jan. 23, 2024
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Big support for mountain rescue. GOPR will get nearly 20 million zlotys

Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Wieslaw Lesniakiewicz has signed an agreement with the Mountain Voluntary Rescue Service to provide rescue preparedness in southern Poland for the implementation of mountain rescue tasks. The agreement amounts to PLN 19.95 million.

Jan. 22, 2024
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New obligations for health care employers as of February 15

Pursuant to the Law of July 28, 2023, amending the Law - Family and Guardianship Code and some other laws, new obligations have been imposed on health care providers if a potential patient may be a person under the age of 18.

Jan. 22, 2024
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Alarming data: Record of suicide attempts by children and adolescents in 2023

The GrowSPACE Foundation is publishing data on child and adolescent suicide crises in 2023 for the second year in a row. The data comes from 17 public information requests to provincial police headquarters.

Jan. 22, 2024
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Compensation benefit through the eyes of the doctors' self-government: low amount, questionable valorization and unclear terms

The compensation benefit amounts are too low, and the regulation lacks mechanisms to mandate their valorization, the Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council points out. There are also doubts about how to understand "inability to live independently.

Jan. 22, 2024
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Reimbursement penalties. Doctors demand change in regulations

A meeting was held at the headquarters of the Patient Ombudsman on the issue of penalties imposed by the NFZ on doctors who prescribe milk replacer to children suffering from severe food allergies. The meeting was attended by Minister Bartlomiej Chmielowiec - the Ombudsman for Patients' Rights,...

Jan. 22, 2024
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The paramedics met with the leadership of the Health Ministry. They presented their demands

The 10 demands were made by trade unions and societies of paramedics during a meeting with representatives of the Health Ministry. The expectations include salary supplements, civil law contracts and amendments to the law on State Emergency Medical Services. The rescuers want to meet with the...

Jan. 22, 2024
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More and more elderly people in Poland. The latest data and challenges for care

According to the latest CSO report on the situation of the elderly in Poland in 2022, the number of people aged 60 and over will reach 9.8 million, up 0.7% from the previous year. The largest age group among our country's seniors is already 65-69 years old. Women predominate among the elderly,...

Jan. 22, 2024