A pilot for pharmacist services for reproductive health began on May 1. The idea is to be able to dispense emergency contraception in pharmacies on the basis of a pharmacist's prescription to patients over the age of 15. However, this does not mean that they will be able to buy the pill right...
Resort zapowiada zmiany ustawy, polegające na wyłączeniu z Centralnego Rejestru Osób Uprawnionych do Wykonywania Zawodu Medycznego informacji o zawieszeniu uprawnienia do wykonywania zawodu medycznego i daty utraty uprawnienia do jego wykonywania wraz z podaniem przyczyny oraz informacji o...
The Minister of Health has decided to conduct an additional stage in the spring qualification procedure for medical and medical-dental specializations. The third stage was launched on April 22, 2024 in the Education Monitoring System (SMK). In it, 116 doctors were qualified for residency spots in...
- The main point of my program is a self-government common to all chambers, which is supposed to unite, integrate doctors," said Dr. Artur Drobniak, the new president of the District Medical Chamber of Warsaw, during a meeting with the media. He presented the chamber's strategy for systemic and...
Leaders of the Medical Professions Self-Government have published a joint position against attempts to antagonize health care workers. This is in response to the words of Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna.
The expert panel for the substantive evaluation of prescribing milk replacers at the Supreme Medical Council, after analyzing specific cases of a particular doctor's use of milk replacers and on the basis of documentation provided by doctors, unanimously concluded that there were medical...
"Clinical classes must be held with respect for the dignity of the patient in groups of no more than 6 people," calls the Residents' Agreement of the All-Poland Physicians' Trade Union. Due to the fact that some of the new medical faculties, according to the PKA's opinion, planned to conduct...
The Health Ministry assures that it wants to meet the demands of nurses included in the civic draft amendment to the minimum wage law - and proposes to adjust the indicators for the two groups (5 and 6) to which most of this professional group is assigned. The adjustment would be spread over two...
Extraordinary subcommittee to consider a citizen's bill to amend the law on how to determine the lowest basic salary of some employees working in medical entities.
According to CMKP, a total of 3210 formally correct applications were submitted in the spring recruitment procedure for specialty training. As part of the first stage of recruitment, 2495 people were qualified for vacant specialty places: including 1645 - for residency and 850 - for non-...
Is there a pilot flying with us? - with this question Krystyna Ptok, plenipotentiary of the Committee for Legislative Initiative of the Law on Amending the Law on the Manner of Determining the Lowest Basic Salary of Some Employees of Medical Entities, began the press conference at the Polish...
The National Council of Laboratory Diagnosticians has taken a position on the draft regulation of the Minister of Health on the conditions of remuneration for the work of employees of medical entities operating in the form of a budgetary unit.
The President of the Supreme Medical Council has asked the Ombudsman for a position on the concerns of the medical community regarding the scope of the Law on Family Planning, Protection of the Human Fetus and the Conditions of Permissibility of Abortion.
In connection with media reports about the Tarnów Academy's plans to open a medical faculty despite the PKA's negative opinion, the OZZL Residents' Agreement is sending a letter to Minister of Science and Higher Education Dariusz Wieczorek.
A draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on conditions of remuneration for work of employees of medical entities operating in the form of a budgetary unit has been sent for public consultation. According to it, base rates would increase by about 20%.
- The concept of pharmaceutical care was not really defined until three years ago. That's when it listed what is a health benefit provided by pharmacists. This is a breakthrough, because we didn't have such powers before. Computerization will take off a huge part of our responsibilities. So we...
The Supreme Medical Council has given a positive opinion of the draft regulation of the Minister of Health on the framework program of the course in family medicine. However, it has some comments.
More than half of doctors support patients outside of working hours, often at the expense of their own rest, according to the "Patient on the Phone" report, compiled by the Research and Analysis Center of the Supreme Chamber of Physicians and Doctor.One, in cooperation with NIL IN - the Network...
The Supreme Medical Council has published its position on the Health Minister's draft regulation on qualification courses for paramedics.
At the end of 2024, the rules for nursing and midwifery providers will change and midwifery providers in primary health care (PHC). The community's concern is that the regulations do not specify the rules under which independent nursing and midwifery practices will be part of the coordinated care...
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...
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 Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health on the detailed list of professional activities of persons performing certain medical professions has been submitted for consultation.
The rate of 3.6 doctors per 100,000 residents is at the EU average. We need to think about how many doctors we need to make our health care system work efficiently. This should be the basis for deciding the fate of new medical faculties," Deputy Minister Urszula Demkow pointed out during...
One third of the points where recommended vaccinations are carried out are located in pharmacies open to the public, reports Marcin Repelewicz, president of the Lower Silesian Pharmacy Council. Currently, only adults can be vaccinated at pharmacies. The catalog includes injections of three...
Work on the citizens' bill to amend the law on minimum wages in health care has begun - and already the first meeting of the subcommittee has shown the scale of the problem and the divisions among the workers affected by the law. The Minister of Health announces the search for a rational...
Pilnie trzeba uregulować kwestię zasad wykonywania zabiegów z zakresu medycyny estetycznej – uważają lekarze i pielęgniarki. To reakcja na coraz częstsze przypadki szkód spowodowanych przez osoby, które nie wykazują się odpowiednimi kwalifikacjami.
At a joint meeting of the Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council and the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives, important issues concerning the medical professions they represent were discussed. Among others, the draft position on criminal liability, referring to the...
- I'm ready to sign three national averages even today, if doctors will work on an employment contract and not on contracts," Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna said in an interview with Polish Radio Program 3. She also referred to the demands for nurses' and midwives' salaries under the civic bill.
- I am very happy that we can talk in this group. The system is changing. Today our joint effort is to make the system patient-centric, so that the patient is surrounded by medical professionals, both nursing specialists and specialist doctors," said NRL President Luke Jankowski during a joint...
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