The Ministry of Health provided data for the period from November 10 to 16: we have 2,403 (including 501 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from the provinces: mazowieckie (331), Silesian (261), Lower Silesia (215), Lesser Poland (211), Greater Poland (189), Pomeranian (150),...
– The current system of reimbursement of medicines, foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, according to which the person issuing the prescription is responsible for determining the level of payment, is dysfunctional! – warn doctors in a letter to Adam Niedzielski, the Minister of Health,...
– We are now at such a stage of the pandemic that the number of cases is very low. The last wave is behind us, said Health Minister Adam Niedzielski in an interview with RMF radio.
In Journal of Laws The Ministry of Health published the Order of the Minister of Health of November 9, 2022 on the appointment of the Team for the evaluation of applications for scholarships of the minister responsible for health for students.
The Ministry of Health recorded a slight increase in the number of vaccinations this week. In total, 2.57 million people in Poland have received a dose of a booster vaccine against Covid-19.
The health department provided data for the period from 3 to 9 November: We have 3 739 (including 764 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Silesian (524), Mazowieckie (434), Lesser Poland (342), Lower Silesia (327), Greater Poland (276), Lublin (253), of the...
The Supreme Pharmaceutical Council is against the proposal to charge pharmacies, pharmacy outlets and pharmaceutical wholesalers with an annual fee. Such an idea is included in the draft amendment to the Pharmaceutical Law.
In the Provincial Specialist Hospital of st. Rafał in Czerwona Góra (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship), a new Department of Day and Outpatient Chemotherapy has been opened for patients with lung cancer. Patients will receive comprehensive treatment in it. The waiting time for chemotherapy will also be...
Today, a draft amendment to the Act on the Professions of Physicians and Dentists has been submitted to the Council of Ministers. The changes are to concern the principles of financing benefits, including for the unemployed, seniors and pregnant women.
On Monday (November 7), a draft amendment to the ordinance of the Minister of Health on specialization in areas applicable to health care was published. According to it, a new field of specialization is to be created: psychotherapy.
On Friday evening, the Sejm passed an amendment to the Act on the Medical Fund - without a single vote of opposition. Twelve deputies, including the Confederation, abstained.
Pfizer and BioNTech begin Phase I trials of an mRNA-based combination vaccine to protect against influenza and COVID-19. The vaccine dose was already given to the first participant in the US. The study is to assess the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the preparation.
The Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute in Łódź (ICZMP) fell victim to a cyberattack. Patients must take into account the difficulties in handling, as the clinic authorities have decided to temporarily disable IT systems.
- This autumn, unlike the autumn we remember from previous years, will be rather calm. The risk of another wave will appear only at the turn of the year, predicted health minister Adam Niedzielski during the Wednesday press conference.
Overweight and obesity are an increasingly serious problem in Polish children, according to a study conducted by the Institute of Mother and Child on a group of over two thousand eight-year-olds in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. The results are particularly worrying, as 5 percent. the...
Anesthesiologists appeal to the Ministry of Health to withdraw the draft amendment to the act amending the act on the professions of doctor and dentist and some others.
"Poland is one of the leaders in implementing the e-health system in Europe," writes the Ministry of Health on Twitter. The number of e-referrals issued in Poland increased by one third during the year.
The call for applications for subsidies under the e-Gabinet program was extended until the end of the year, informed the Ministry of Health. The ministry reminds that the maximum value of in-kind support related to the purchase of computer equipment is PLN 68,000. PLN for each POZ facility. No...
Scientists are getting closer to explaining the mystery of the so-called long COVID. Long COVID (Long Covid), a syndrome of prolonged symptoms affecting people who have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, may affect up to half of all those infected. However, it is still unknown what causes...
613 healthcare entities have already signed contracts with the National Health Fund to finance ICT purchases increasing the level of cybersecurity. The total amount of the contracts exceeded PLN 260 million. Yesterday, a pilot training session in the field of cybersecurity for POZ employees was...
From next year, night and holiday medical care is to be provided at every hospital emergency department and in every hospital, announces the health ministry. The spokesman for the ministry, Wojciech Andrusiewicz, in an interview with Polsat News said that even 80 percent. HED patients are not...
- We should be independent in the production of medicines in Europe - said the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski in Washington. The head of the ministry took part in the Biotechnology as an engine of innovation - Polish-American cooperation conference, organized by the Kulski Foundation for...
Am I satisfied with the plans to transfer the financing of benefits from the budget to the National Health Fund? I believe that the legislator takes into account the potential of the National Health Fund, said NFZ President Filip Nowak during the inauguration of the Health Market Forum, which...
- We are close to including Covid-19 among other infectious diseases that occur seasonally, like flu - said Deputy Health Minister Waldemar Kraska in the program Kwadrans Polityczny on TVP Info.
Trade unions and employers' organizations strongly oppose the idea of adopting regulations transferring all financing of health services to the National Health Fund without the participation of the state budget and the manner in which the government wants to adopt a controversial solution.
In Katowice, the first contract in the country was signed on Friday with a POZ clinic, which will provide patients with coordinated care. Theoretically, this model has been in force since October 1, but only now will the National Health Fund sign contracts with service providers. As the Minister...
Coordinated care in POZ is necessary so that the foundation of health care, which is POZ, can develop, and thus even better care for patients. Some clinics have already declared their willingness to join the project, but they plan to implement it within a few years.
The Ministry of Health has presented a draft reimbursement list, which is to apply from November 1. We ask Deputy Minister of Health Maciej Miłkowski and patient organizations about the priority changes that should be introduced in the reimbursement lists in the near future.
The health department published data for the period from October 13 to 19: We have 9,711 (including 1,793 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Masovian (1291), Silesian (1148), Lesser Poland (807), Greater Poland (785), Lower Silesia (771), Lublin (657), of the...
On Monday, the Senate Health Committee discussed the assumptions of the bill on the professions of doctor and dentist, which provides for the transfer to the National Health Fund of financing tasks, which are currently under the responsibility of the state budget. Deputy Minister of Health Maciej...
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