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Doctors surprised by introduction of prescription limits. They ask about the form of the order on the matter and call for withdrawal of the restrictions

MedExpress Team

Piotr Wójcik

Published July 5, 2023 12:52

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- We asked the Minister of Health by what legal act and on what basis the limits on prescriptions were introduced," Jakub Kosikowski, spokesman for the Supreme Medical Chamber, told Medexpress in an interview with Medexpress, commenting on the situation related to the introduction as of July 3 of the restrictions on doctors' prescriptions announced at last week's press conference.

According to Jakub Kosikowski, acting spokesman for the NIL, doctors are not aware of any regulation or legal act that would officially introduce the limits announced by the Minister of Health. Nevertheless, they have been in effect since Monday (3.07.). NIL has already been approached by several doctors and one clinic, where the problem of not being able to write another prescription has arisen.

- This was the case, for example, with a doctor who works in two dispensaries. In the afternoon, a notification popped up in his system that he had already filled too many prescriptions," says Jakub Kosikowski.

According to NIL, for now it is difficult to clearly assess whether the limits are sufficient for normal practice. However, th...

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