The profession of midwife is among the most deficient professions in Poland, according to the "Occupation Barometer 2022." According to the self-government of nurses and midwives, it is necessary to monitor and improve the working conditions of those active in this professional group. The...
September 25 is celebrated as World Pharmacist Day. The holiday was established at the initiative of the Turkish Pharmacists Association in 1968 and was initially celebrated only by Turkish pharmacists. The day has been celebrated worldwide since 2009.
The National Council of Physiotherapists held the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Team for Nursing Homes. The team leaned into the problems most frequently reported by physiotherapists working in nursing homes.
- In the face of the emergence of medical faculties at universities unprepared to conduct them, in the face of admitting doctors from abroad who are unable to communicate with the Polish patient, and finally in the face of the lack of regulations based on the idea of no-fault, ensuring safe...
- We were the forerunners of salary increases for other groups of medical and non-medical professions, and we have become, in a way, victims and hostages of these increases," said Mariola Lodzinska, president of the Supreme Chamber of Nurses and Midwives, in an interview with Medexpress during...
"Thank you for the daily effort you make to save the most precious values - the life and health of Poles," wrote Health Minister Katarzyna Sójka in a post on social media. Today (8.09.) is the first time the Day of the Paramedic is celebrated. September 8 also marks World Physiotherapy Day.
- We dream that physiotherapists should be happy, and that our decision-makers should know about the role of physiotherapy in the system and recognize how important it is," said National Chamber of Physiotherapists president Tomasz Dybek at the conference accompanying World Physiotherapy Day to...
- A medical professional must have the ability to filter out valuable knowledge that arises in the course of scientific research conducted in accordance with all the rules from what is pseudo knowledge," said the rector of the Medical University of Gdansk, Prof. Marcin Gruchała, chairman of the...
Prof. Mansur Rahnama has again become chairman of the Council for Academic Degrees in the discipline of medical sciences at the Medical University of Lublin. He will hold the post until 2027.
Komisja Etyki Lekarskiej Naczelnej Rady Lekarskiej przygotowała kolejną propozycję zmiany w Kodeksie Etyki Lekarskiej.
The Medical Ethics Committee of the Supreme Medical Council has prepared a proposal to amend Article 61 of the KEL regarding the behavior of physicians who hold positions in state, local government or private institutions.
The Medical Center for Postgraduate Education publishes a list of specialty vacancies by province for fall specialty recruitment.
On August 23, the president of the National Council of Laboratory Diagnosticians, Monika Pintal-Slimak, attended a meeting with newly appointed Health Minister Katherine Sójka.
28 lipca 2023 r. obywatelski projekt ustawy o zmianie ustawy o sposobie ustalania najniższego wynagrodzenia zasadniczego niektórych pracowników zatrudnionych w podmiotach leczniczych został skierowany po pierwszym czytaniu do rozpatrzenia przez Komisję Finansów Publicznych oraz Komisję Zdrowia....
- We are faced with an outrageous situation. A report by the Supreme Chamber of Control is shown, which could even be called shocking, if it were not for the fact that we have been emphasizing for many years that we have a collapse in the education of medical personnel. At the same time, medical...
"It passed!" - rejoice nurses and midwives "But this is only the beginning of the road to reforming Polish nursing." - they add. Their months-long efforts have finally met with a concrete answer. And that is today's vote in the Sejm on a bill to amend the law on the method of determining the...
There is a phenomenon of "disappearing nurses"
- Physiotherapists are learning, improving their skills all their lives, just like people in other highly responsible professions. We work hard to provide a wide range of training for our members. We have implemented and continue to improve the FIZJA platform, thanks to which physiotherapists...
The Senate Health Committee rejected in its entirety at Monday's meeting a major amendment to the reimbursement law. There were claims of unconstitutionality.
The Senate Health Committee rejected a parliamentary amendment to the Export Insurance Law. This is about a provision that in practice was supposed to regulate the pharmacy market. - There is a need for a broad discussion and changes in the pharmaceutical law. There was time to sit down together...
- Such an important law, which determines the supply of medicines to 40 million Poles, cannot be done at a parliamentary throw-in, without a Regulatory Impact Assessment and listening to the voices of the environment - this is what Marcin Piskorski, president of the Association of Pharmacy...
A negative opinion on the performance of tick testing for transmission disease pathogens (viruses, bacteria, parasites) in medical diagnostic laboratories was expressed by the National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians.
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.
- 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...
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 Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council has raised a number of objections to the draft amendment to the Reimbursement Act. One of the most important demands of the medical self-government is the removal of the obligation of doctors to mark the level of payment for a drug when issuing a...
For the sixth time, the "J-intestinal" Society announces the Prof. Witold Bartnik competition for the best doctoral, master's and bachelor's thesis on the broad topic of inflammatory bowel diseases.
The All-Poland Physicians Trade Union and the OZZL Residents' Agreement have announced a protest of doctors called "Fight the prescribers, not the doctors!", which will take place on 13.07 at 13:00 at 15 Miodowa Street in Warsaw.
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