The latest Health Care Financing Monitor, presented on Tuesday, leaves no doubt: without a change in the financing system, the law's goals of 7% of GDP for health, even in the version in which the percentage of spending is counted against GDP two years ago, are unattainable.
Today another protest of nurses took place in front of the parliament. OZPiP chairwoman Krystyna Ptok explains what was not won last time and what changes should take place this time.
The National Transplant Program (2023-2032) was approved by the Council of Ministers through a resolution on May 9, 2023.
- This center and the entire National Oncology Network is intended to serve Poles and will be a good complement to all our medical offerings, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at the signing ceremony for the construction of the New Oncology Hospital in Wroclaw. The first patients are...
President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda handed out nomination acts to academic teachers and employees of science and art.
- Starting today, cancer centers across the country are assisting patients with special coordinators, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski wrote on Twitter. The employment of oncology coordinators is one of the key elements enshrined in the law on the National Oncology Network.
Agnieszka Pietraszewska-Macheta, until now deputy director for Uniformed Services of the Małopolska voivodeship branch of the National Health Fund, took over as director of the Center for Monitoring Quality in Health Care in Cracow. Until now, the director's duties were performed by Michal Bedlicki.
I'm nervously refreshing the parliamentary pages, because Wednesday marks the beginning of the session where pro-equality bills are scheduled to return. This time dually, as parliamentary bills. Former Deputy Health Minister Jozefa Szczurek-Zelazko, the same one who in April stopped the already...
- We are targeting January 1, 2024, but we are trying on an earlier introduction of this program. We are analyzing an option involving the last quarter of this year," said Health Minister Adam Niedzielski, when asked on the Guest of News program about the free drug program for children under 18...
The National Association of Employers of County Hospitals is asking Minister Adam Niedzielski for help: we need adequate support from public bodies.
As of January 1, 2023, the Fund covers all mandatory and other anti-epidemic vaccinations performed after that date, not just COVID-19 vaccinations. The MPC has so far received 1,528 applications for the benefit. Most applications came from residents of the Mazowieckie (15.9%), Silesian (11.2%),...
World Family Physician's Day is a reminder of the important role in the diagnostic process played by the knowledge and experience of medics who are closest to patients.
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on health requirements for a candidate donor of reproductive cells for partner and non-partner donation and for a recipient of reproductive cells and embryos, as well as detailed conditions for the procurement of reproductive...
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on the pilot program "Prevention 40 PLUS" has been submitted for consultation.
This is about Poland's drug security.
The Central Statistical Office reports data on pharmacies and pharmacy outlets.
A new president of the National Council of Nurses and Midwives was elected during the 8th National Congress of Nurses and Midwives.
- The Family 500+ program was supposed to lead to a decline in women's labor force participation. Nothing of the sort has happened, instead, there has been an increase in women's participation in the labor market, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said during the "Women have a choice" conference...
- "Step by step, we are doing the work that is a guarantee that the health care system, which is a difficult matter and a complicated entity, will be reformed," said Health Minister Adam Niedzielski during the Law and Justice "Political Hive" program convention. The head of the health ministry...
Orlowski Hospital in Warsaw is launching a scientific and research project "PRO-SENIOR 65+". It assumes a comprehensive study of seniors over 65. Willingness to participate can be registered until May 15.
- I would like to thank all those in these professions for their commitment, empathy and daily care for the patient," Health Minister Adam Niedzielski wrote on social media. May 12 is celebrated worldwide as Nurses and Midwives Day.
The economic situation has a very strong impact on the health situation of the elderly, as indicated by as many as 98 percent of those surveyed in an opinion poll conducted by the Coalition "To Help the Dependent." Not only are seniors choosing to go to private appointments less and less often,...
More than 99 thousand patients were treated with radiation therapy in Poland last year. This is 6,500 more than in 2021 and more than 7,700 more than in 2020! The number of radiation oncology specialists, medical physicists and electro-radiology technicians also increased. Does this mean that...
- We already have about 50 demands for quality on the board. It's good that we have a chance to talk, that everyone has a chance to voice their opinion," said the president of the Supreme Chamber of Physicians Lukasz Jankowski during a conference related to the first meeting of the Forum for...
The health ministry has released the latest data for the period from May 4 to 10: We have 964 (including 214 reinfections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from the provinces: mazowieckie (122), Silesia (83), Lublin (81), Lower Silesia (65), Wielkopolska (62), kujawsko-pomorskie (57),...
Separate laws on the issue of quality in health care and on the compensation fund, as well as a separate discussion of the no fault system conducted among experts. This is what Health Minister Adam Niedzielski has proposed to change the approach to the issue of quality in health care and security.
Quick diagnosis by a family doctor in contact with a specialist regardless of where you live, and the possibility of ongoing consultation between specialists for more serious conditions. Such possibilities are to be provided by the e-Consilium project. Piloting of the service has begun.
The Health Ministry is preparing a statute for the National Oncology Council. A draft regulation on the matter has been sent for consultation.
Interview with Patient Ombudsman Bartholomew Chmielowiec
An interview with Dr. Ariel Liebert, assistant professor in the Department of Gastroenterology and Nutritional Disorders at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Medical College in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
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