The end of the year, the vacations, and six months of Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna's tenure at Miodowa, is the time for the first summaries. We ask Anna Kupiecka about her assessment for the minister.
The extraordinary subcommittee that worked on the citizens' draft amendment to the minimum wage law on Thursday completed its work, adopting amendments by the Health Ministry that completely change the demands of the applicants.
The Minister of Health has submitted the approved Tarification Plan for 2025 to the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification.
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health Amending the Regulation on Guaranteed Services in the Field of Nursing and Care Services in Long-Term Care has been submitted for consultation.
The Parliamentary Health Committee on Wednesday analyzed the implementation of the state budget in the parts for which the Health Minister is responsible. The activities of the Medical Fund were assessed in a decidedly negative way, and there were even voices about the need for its liquidation or...
The health care system in 2025-2027 will require subsidies ranging from PLN 92.5 billion to PLN 158.9 billion, the authors of the report "Financial gap of the health care system in Poland - the 2025-2027 perspective" predict. This is the size of the gap, caused by the Fund's rigid spending, which...
The Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on State Emergency Medical Services and Certain Other Laws has been submitted for consultation.
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health Amending the Regulation on the Medical Final Examination and the Medical and Dental Final Examination has been submitted for consultation.
On June 24, 2024, WUM Rector Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong, MD, PhD, accepted the recommendation of the Student Government and appointed Prof. Robert Galązkowski, MD, PhD. o zdr. Robert Galązkowski as Vice Rector for Student Affairs and Education.Until now, Prof. Dr. med. and n. o zdr. Robert...
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna is attending a meeting of the EPSCO Council (EU Council for Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs), which is being held in Luxembourg.
There are results of the recruitment for the position of Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector. 3 candidates were selected:1) Mr. Lukasz Pietrzak, Piaseczno, Poland;2) Mr. Andrzej Pawel Czeslawski, of Warsaw, Poland;3) Mr. Artur Owczarek, registered office in Wroclaw.Earlier this week, Health Minister...
312.3 million medical consultations and 34.9 million dental consultations. Nearly 9.5% of medical advice in primary care was carried out by tele-treatment, according to the Central Statistical Office's AOS data.
Who replaced Prof. Zbigniew Lew-Starowicz?
Prof. Waldemar Banasiak, head of the Heart Disease Center at the 4th Military Clinical Hospital with Polyclinic and head of the medical science discipline council at the Wrocław University of Technology, has been appointed by the Minister of Health as a national consultant in cardiology.
Professor Dr. Katarzyna Kotfis became the new national consultant in anesthesiology and intensive care as of June 11. She replaced Prof. Rafal Drwila in the position.National consultants are appointed by the Minister of Health from among specialists in particular fields:Medicine,pharmacy,Other...
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has appointed, on the proposal of Health Minister Izabela Leszczyny, Pawel Grzesiowski as Chief Sanitary Inspector.
The 22nd Congress of Family Medicine is underway in Warsaw. KLRwP's General Assembly of Delegates has elected a president for the 2026-2030 term.
The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, handed out nomination acts to academics and employees of science and the arts. Forty professorial appointments were given to those associated with medical and health sciences.
- It fills us with great pride that we are on the European podium in the care of patients with spinal muscular atrophy," said Prof. Maria Mazurkiewicz-Bełdzińska of the Medical University of Gdansk during a panel on rare diseases during Priorities and challenges in Polish and European drug policy...
Citizens are complaining about problems with the availability of court doctors who issue certificates for a person's ability to appear at a hearing, the Ombudsman points out and addresses the Minister of Justice on the issue.
According to the Supreme Audit Office, the blood donation system in Poland performs well during stable periods, but remains vulnerable to emergencies.
- From January to the end of May, 890 organs were transplanted in Poland. If this trend is maintained, we should exceed 2,100 transplants in 2024, Deputy Health Minister Marek Kos said at Wednesday's meeting of the Parliamentary Health Committee. This would mean a 16 percent year-on-year...
The General Assembly of the National Association of Employers of County Hospitals (OZPSP) was held on June 12, during which a new board of the organization was elected.
The parliamentary emergency committee set up to consider bills on aborting pregnancies dealt on Tuesday with a bill submitted by the Left to amend the Penal Code, a proposal by the Left to decriminalize and decriminalize abortion and aiding and abetting.
Thanks to its presence in the European Union, patients from Poland - after fulfilling several conditions - can receive elective treatment abroad. Throughout the Community in 2022, a total of more than 24,000 documents were issued as a basis for planned treatment. In 2023 alone. The National...
Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna at a press conference on investment in psychiatry: The mental health crisis affects many of us, increasingly children and adolescents, so investment in mental health care has been a priority for me since the beginning of my tenure.
A great success for Polish medicine! Prof. Rafal Stojko, head of the Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecologic Oncology Clinical Division of the Faculty of Health Sciences in Katowice of the Silesian Medical University, has become a member of the Advisory Board for 2024-2028 of the...
The system for evaluating investments in health care did not ensure that public money was spent economically or in accordance with the health needs of citizens. The reviewing bodies had no knowledge of the status of implementation and effects of investments. Most projects were implemented late,...
At the Mother and Child Institute in Warsaw, clinical research plays a key role in the search for new, more effective treatments for pediatric cancer. The story of Nataniel, a young man who had cancer for several years, is one of many examples of how innovative therapies can make a real...
Half of the country is covered by mental health centers, and half - residents have no access to such organized care. The pilot is coming to an end, and there is no systemic change on the horizon. Marek Balicki, former Minister of Health and former Minister's Plenipotentiary for Psychiatry Reform,...
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