Every day dozens - if not hundreds - of doctors, nurses, medical caregivers and pharmacists cross the Polish-German border. They work in Schwedt, Locknitz or Prenzlau. Their situation has been difficult for some time for several reasons, such as border controls. They are bracing themselves for...
- An intensive year is behind us (...) In the next one we hope for good cooperation with the Ministry of Health, so that the problems of nurses and midwives are solved through dialogue," says Andrzej Tytuła, vice president of the Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives.
We talk to Elżbieta Piotrowska-Rutkowska, president of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber, about how pharmacists view 2023 and what challenges 2024 will bring for them.
Z uwagi na zgłaszane przez Naczelną Radę Lekarską zastrzeżenia do jakości kształcenia medycznego w Polsce na uczelniach, które dotychczas nie kształciły lekarzy, oraz wskazywanie podobnego problemu w innych państwach europejskich Stały Komitet Lekarzy Europejskich (CPME) zorganizował spotkanie...
The Informatics Department of the Supreme Chamber of Physicians has completed work on the system for the new electronic Professional License. Like other documents, the PWZ is also to be seen in the mCitizen application. The only step doctors are currently waiting for is the finalization of the...
The new Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna met with representatives of the doctors' self-government at the headquarters of the Supreme Medical Chamber. - Many of your expectations can be taken into account," she declared in a conversation with them.
- I'm glad that our demands have been heard, and on the first day of the new minister's tenure," says Lukasz Jankowski, president of the Supreme Medical Council, after his meeting with the head of the health ministry. They discussed, among other things, the no-fault system and standards for...
Laboratory Diagnostics is launching a nationwide information campaign, "Meet the Laboratory Diagnosticians," to introduce the work of laboratory diagnosticians - a profession of public trust.
"7 out of 14 people in the new composition of the team for medical and health sciences of the Polish Accreditation Commission represent institutions that have opened medical faculties within the last two years," points out the OZZL Residents' Agreement. According to the doctors, this is an...
There have been no significant changes, both in the rules for issuing and filling prescriptions issued by veterinarians, reports the Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber. Pharmacists had concerns about paper prescriptions for narcotics or psychotropic substances.
- Eligibility should be assigned to the patient so that prescriptions for free drugs for patients under 18 and over 65 can be issued by any doctor, regardless of where he or she works, according to Klaudiusz Komor, vice president of the Supreme Medical Council. As the law currently stands, free...
- The answer to the question of the quality of medical education in Poland is becoming not only crucial for the future of the health sector, but also for the well-being of society as a whole, point out the authors of a report on the conditions of medical and medical-dental education, prepared by...
Wciąż nierozwiązana pozostaje sprawa obciążeń finansowych związanych z tzw. nienależną refundacją preparatów mlekozastępczych przepisywanych niemowlętom – przypomina Naczelna Izba Lekarska. Rezygnacja z tych kar była Jednym z postulatów w ramach „siódemki NIL”.
The Ministry of Health sees merit in extending the regulations under which psychological services could be provided by Ukrainian citizens without the need for diploma nostrification, we learn from the response of the Government Plenipotentiary for Refugees from Ukraine to the Ombudsman's...
Doctors of the Healthcare Employers' Agreement appeal to wear masks in clinics. - First of all, they can save lives, and secondly, they can prevent paralysis in health care, which no patient would want to go through again. Let's remember: a sick doctor is... no doctor! A sick nurse is... no...
As of November 1, 2023, regulations went into effect allowing the National Health Fund to enter into agreements with operators of public pharmacies and to bill public funds for the performance of recommended immunizations in pharmacies. Applications can be submitted from November 2.
The Education Monitoring System now has ranking lists of doctors and dentists qualified and not qualified to begin specialization (https://www.cmkp.edu.pl/ksztalcenie/postepowania-kwalifikacyjne) in the second stage of the qualification procedure.Important: the deadline for confirming the...
The National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians has commented on the draft regulation of the Minister of Health on the operation of treatment entities providing care for alcohol addicts, which has been submitted for public consultation. The purpose of the draft is to define the scope of...
The Residents' Agreement, after consulting with experts, has taken a position on the teaching of anatomy.
The establishment of an increasing number of medical faculties in Poland was supposed to be a way for the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education and Science to fill personnel shortages in health care. However, as representatives of the local government have long pointed out, the quality...
Prison staff nurses have been required to rule on whether a convict is fit for transportation. They are concerned that by stepping into the authority of doctors, they may be overstepping their authority. Moreover, this violates the prisoner's right to be examined by a doctor beforehand.
Centrum Medyczne Kształcenia Podyplomowego publikuje listę wolnych miejsc specjalizacyjnych w poszczególnych województwach na jesienną rekrutację do specjalizacji.
Saturday's meeting of the European Association of Young Doctors unanimously adopted a position that expresses support for the initiative to protect the high standards of education of doctors and dentists in Poland.
President of the Supreme Medical Council Łukasz Jankowski and Rector of the Warsaw Medical University Zbigniew Gaciong at the NIL headquarters signed an agreement on the organization of postgraduate training for doctors and dentists. The cooperation between NIL and WUM, thus inaugurated, means...
According to the WHO, up to 10% of adults and 20% to 30% of children contract the flu annually worldwide. In Poland, more than 6 million acute cases of the disease were reported last season. There were 122 deaths due to influenza, and the vaccination rate in our country was only 5.7%. Experts...
During the Symposium of the Medical Chambers of Central and Eastern European Countries (ZEVA), a position was taken expressing support for the efforts of the Polish Medical Council to introduce a no fault system in Poland, the Supreme Medical Chamber announced on Twitter.
The Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber has published a legal opinion on the requirements for pharmacists conducting recommended immunizations and COVID-19 vaccinations and performing a qualifying examination to rule out contraindications to these vaccinations.
On November 10, a new register of professional practices of laboratory diagnosticians will be launched. This is due to the entry into force of the Law on Laboratory Medicine of September 15, 2022 (Journal of Laws 2023, item 2125) in terms of the RPWDL.According to the National Chamber of...
The Medical Ethics Committee of the Supreme Medical Council has prepared a proposal for Article 9, which sets forth the most important rules for teleportation.
The civic bill to amend the law on how to determine the lowest basic salary of some employees working in medical entities will not be lost with the arrival of the new term of the Sejm. According to the current legislation, it will be considered and there is no need to resubmit it.
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