The Medical Ethics Committee of the Supreme Medical Council continues its work on the historic amendment of the Code of Medical Ethics. The latest proposed amendment is the revision of Article 7 of the KEL. What does it concern?
The Supreme Pharmacy Council has issued a legal stance on regulations sealing Pharmacy for Pharmacists. "We fight against the practice of buying up pharmacies for money from tax havens! The health of Poles must not be exposed to the interests of corporations!" the NIA tweeted.
On Monday, July 24, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
Funding for public health care will be increased by more than PLN 15 billion. - This is money coming from the premium and reserve fund of the National Health Fund. In recent years, part of health spending was financed from the state budget. I'm talking primarily about expenses related to the...
An interview with Prof. Jack Grzybowski, head of the Cardiomyopathy Unit at the National Institute of Cardiology.
Observance of patient rights is a prerequisite for realizing the humanistic mission of health systems. In the face of contemporary challenges resulting from epidemiological, technological, institutional and social changes, it is necessary to create conditions for a more effective functioning of...
Obowiązujące od stycznia br. rozporządzenie ministra zdrowia w sprawie wykazu wyrobów medycznych wydawanych na receptę istotnie zmieniło dotychczasowe zasady refundacji dot. systemów ciągłego monitorowania glikemii. Nową grupą objętą refundacją, uwzględnioną w dokumencie, są dorośli diabetycy,...
Several patients with rosea, an infectious bacterial disease of the skin, are staying at the Infectious Diseases Clinic of the Regional Hospital in Kielce. The number of hospitalized patients, despite the rotation, has not been decreasing for some time. Doctors say that there have not been so...
- Diagnosis in rare diseases is the basis in order to support patients systemically and offer them dedicated treatment," emphasized Barbara Dziuk, chairwoman of the Parliamentary Group on Rare Diseases, during the Medical Rationale of State, held on July 13. The discussion focused on the...
Information from the President of URPL regarding the European Medicines Agency's PRAC Committee's review of data on the risk of suicidal thoughts during therapy with GLP-1 receptor agonists.
The European Commission, the Heads of Medicines Agency (HMA) and the European Medicines Agency have issued recommendations for action to avoid shortages of key antibiotics used to treat respiratory tract infections among patients in Europe during the next winter season. The recommendations,...
A meeting was held at the Supreme Chamber of Physicians to discuss problems in regulating aesthetic medicine. The meeting was a joint initiative of NIL and Senator Agnieszka Gorgoń-Komor, chairwoman of the Parliamentary Group for the Regulation of Aesthetic Medicine.
- We have prepared a solution that will bring a total of more than PLN 15 billion to the health care system over the course of the year, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski announced. The money is expected to allow for increases in the minimum wage, increases in other salaries and to cover the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that bird flu infection has been detected in more than twenty-five cats in Poland, but there is no information on human cases. The agency reports that such risks are low.
- Footnotes that have nothing to do with the subject of the law, but hit the pharmacy market directly, have been added to the draft amendment to the law intended to support Polish companies in the reconstruction of Ukraine, which should be the subject of consensus among all political parties,...
- This is a solution without a legal basis," says Sebastian Goncerz, chairman of the Residents' Agreement of the All-Poland Physicians' Trade Union. The medics want the abolition of the daily limits on prescriptions set by the Health Minister and joint talks on how to solve the problem of...
Thyroid nodules are a very common thyroid pathology, with an estimated risk of occurrence in the general population of so roughly 5% to 10%, with a much higher incidence in women, increasing in frequency with age, and in areas of greater iodine deficiency. Thanks to advances in technology and the...
In recent years, we have made tremendous progress in the reimbursement of innovative therapies for oncological diseases. But has the reimbursement express really been followed by availability? And what role does modern, precise diagnostics play in all this? These are just some of the questions...
Health Minister Adam Niedzielski has signed a decree restricting remote prescriptions for narcotic and psychotropic drugs. In turn, prescriptions with reimbursement are excluded from the numerical limits on prescribing.
- The health care system needs to be changed, but not to the detriment of patients , Polish People's Party president Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said in an interview with Medexpress.
AOTMiT has published the work plan of the Transparency Council from August 1 to 31.
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