225 deputies should have voted to override the Senate's veto of the quality law, voted - 224. One vote was missing, and the Health Minister says that corporate interests prevailed over patient welfare and announces that he will do everything to ensure that the quality law returns. Is this...
April 15 is World Pompe Disease Day. This ultra-rare, genetic disease is a difficult opponent, both to diagnose and treat, especially since the process of the disease and the age of onset of symptoms are variable. The first symptoms can occur at any age, but the earlier they appear, the faster...
In 2019-2021, the Minister of Family and Social Policy was late in announcing the Program on assistant services for people with disabilities. Contracts for the implementation of support were concluded after the deadline. It happened that people with disabilities had to wait six months for...
An Order of the Minister of Health dated April 12, 2023 on the establishment of a Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Health for the coordination of activities in the implementation of psychiatric care reform was published in the OJ of the Ministry of Health.
- We call for the adoption of the new edition of the National Program for the Treatment of Patients with Hemophilia and Related Hemorrhagic Diathesis as soon as possible. Access to necessary amounts of clotting factor concentrates is a chance for patients to live a normal life," said Bogdan...
A medical rescue team is not always available, so the teams in the guards will serve as auxiliaries, Deputy Health Minister Waldemar Kraska assured during Wednesday's meeting of the Senate Health Committee. Kraska, who himself oversees medical rescue, did not directly cut himself off from the...
On Wednesday (12.04.), a meeting was held between representatives of the Health Ministry and the chairwoman of the Polish Association of Speech-Language Therapists, Milena Stasiak, on the pending law on certain medical professions and the demands of the PZL addressed to the Health Ministry.
The Diet is likely to decide on the Law on Quality in Health Care and Patient Safety on Friday afternoon. The Health Committee on Wednesday recommended that the Sejm reject the Senate's resolution to reject the law in its entirety.
Resort zdrowia podał dane za okres od 6 do 12 kwietnia.: mamy 4 761 (w tym 1 083 ponownych zakażeń) potwierdzonych przypadków zakażenia koronawirusem z województw:mazowieckiego (841),lubelskiego (395),śląskiego (358),wielkopolskiego (327),zachodniopomorskiego (318),małopolskiego (312),łódzkiego...
Nearly 300,000 scheduled appointments at city clinics and hospitals in Warsaw last year did not take place because patients did not show up for them, reports the capital's City Hall. As a result, waiting times to see a doctor are getting longer. Meanwhile, all it takes is one phone call to unlock...
Do konsultacji przekazano dwa projekty rozporządzeń dot. dokumentacji medycznej.
Parkinson's disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases. With the aging population, the number of patients will increase. Is the Polish health system ready for this? Dr. Malgorzata Galazka-Sobotka and Wojciech Machajek tell the story.
- The academic community has taken a unanimously negative stance on the law on certain medical professions adopted by the government, according to a statement published last week by the National Alliance of Academic Communities. This is in response to the opposition raised against the bill by...
Only about 30 neurologists in the country specialize in caring for people with Parkinson's disease. Thanks to the Young Parkinsonologist Academy, that number could double within a year. This is significant given the unequal access to expert care for patients and the Health Ministry's plans to...
It is possible that a pilot for coordinated care for patients with Parkinson's disease will begin later this year, in the fall. The health ministry has revisited a project that has been waiting as long as five years for implementation. - We would like there to be a coherent system of networks of...
11 kwietnia obchodzimy Światowy Dzień Choroby Parkinsona. Święto to ma na celu zwiększenie świadomości społeczeństwa na temat choroby Parkinsona, a także wsparcie pacjentów i ich rodzin w walce z trudnościami, jakich doświadczają w codziennym życiu w związku z chorobą. Dziś w serwisie...
Psychotropic drugs not by prescriber. Health Minister Adam Niedzielski has announced that an amendment is ready to limit the issuance of drugs in this group in this way. Work is underway on a solution that will also block the ability of a single doctor to issue prescriptions in bulk.
- If we see that there are some elements that we can improve, we will, of course, improve them," said Health Minister Adam Niedzielski, referring to the reaction of the speech therapists' community to the provisions contained in the bill on certain medical professions. Recall, the bill is to...
- Public spending on health care was about 70 billion in 2015. In 2023, PLN 170 billion is planned. The methodology for calculating the share of outlays on health care was determined by agreement, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said, referring to calculations by the Federation of Polish...
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on conditions of remuneration for work of employees of medical entities operating in the form of a budgetary unit has been submitted for consultation.
What are the most important challenges facing otolaryngology in the coming years and international activities, we talk to Prof. Dr. o zdr. Piotr Skarzynski - otorhinolaryngologist, audiologist and phoniatrist, director of science and development from the Sensory Organs Institute, president-elect...
1532 charges have been heard against a 38-year-old dentist from Nidzica. The woman, by showing in the records of more than 500 patients dental services that she did not actually perform, caused losses of more than PLN 278,000 to the detriment of the National Health Fund. She faces a penalty of up...
- Poland has more than 20 million people over the age of 40. The 1.75 million people taking advantage of the Prevention 40+ program is still not a satisfactory result," said Health Minister Adam Niedzielski at a conference to mark World Health Day. The minister arrived at the conference as part...
A conversation with Aleksandra Łacko, MD, from the Department of Oncology at the Wrocław University of Medical Sciences
The Law on Health Care and Patient Safety did not cover entities providing health care services to persons deprived of liberty. The Ombudsman therefore has concerns about equal treatment, the right to health care and equal access to publicly funded health care services
Prof. Jaroslaw Peregud-Pogorzelski, president of the Polish Pediatric Society, has been appointed the new national consultant in pediatrics.Professor Jaroslaw Peregud-Pogorzelski is a graduate of the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, a specialist in pediatrics, pediatric hematology and...
MP Hanna Gill-Piątek is inquiring about the operation of dentobuses. In an interpellation addressed to the Minister of Health, she raises issues such as the real impact of the operation on children's health, the number of people using the mobile dental clinics and the total cost of the project.
The Coalition "To Help the Dependent" has received with concern information on the proposal to give new powers to the Government's Strategic Reserve Agency (RARS) to purchase rehabilitation, nursing and assistive equipment, as well as to operate rental stores.
The Residents' Agreement is preparing a petition to President Andrzej Duda to veto the "Law on Quality in Health Care and Patient Safety." - We have been trying to fix this law, but it has met with firm resistance from the authors," comments Sebastian Goncerz, chairman of the Residents' Agreement.
The health ministry reported data for the period from March 30 to April 5: We have 7,797 (including 1,804 reinfections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from the provinces:Mazovia (1,449),lubelski (653),Malopolska (573),West Pomerania (568),Silesia (565),wielkopolskie (501),Lodz...
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