The government, judging from a reading of the Multiannual State Financial Plan adopted by the Council of Ministers a few days ago, does not foresee any acceleration in the growth of health care outlays, and since, as has been mentioned more than once, the growth in recent years has been quite...
Ministerstwo Zdrowia oficjalnie już zapowiedziało rozpoczęcie prac nad kolejną nowelizacją Ustawy o refundacji leków, środków spożywczych specjalnego przeznaczenia żywieniowego oraz wyrobów medycznych. Zapowiedziana szybka nowelizacja Ustawy o refundacji (czyli tytułowy „SZNUR”) ma służyć przede...
Not a health benefit, not a pharmaceutical service, and the activity will be billed by the National Health Fund starting May 1. Reading the report on the public consultation of the draft regulation on the pilot program, under which women are to gain access to emergency contraception without the...
Some of the providers (102 to be exact) operating within the system of basic hospital health care services have not realized the lump sum in 2023, which results, and in principle should result, in a reduction of this lump sum for the next billing period (2024).
The Ministry of Health does not want to pay for the overdrafts in the hospital lump sum for 2023. In my opinion, there should be a change of approach in this regard as soon as possible. It is primarily in the interest of ... All of Us. The sooner we understand this the better for Us.
Pulse oximeters from a perfume dealer, overpaid - several times over - medical equipment, tens of thousands of zlotys spent on analyses and consultations, contractors without experience. This, in one sentence, is how one can summarize the information that Tuesday's Gazeta Wyborcza reports on the...
Did the previous government devastate the medical education system? Voices are coming from the academic medical school community that of course - yes. What's more, assurances have been heard for weeks that KRAUM has protested loudly and emphatically against the decisions made by the ministers of...
In accordance with The Law of July 28, 2023 on amendments to the Family and Guardianship Code and certain other laws, new obligations have been imposed on health care providers.
... and here reality squawks. This colloquial version of Stanislaw Wyspianski's words ("So that our hearts would laugh to great, great things. And here commonness squawks ...") perfectly describes the current situation in the sensitive area of public health quite accurately.
More than 175 million zlotys - this is the amount that ended the day of the 32nd Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. What the final sum will be, we'll find out in a few weeks, and there's really no need to divagate whether a record will be broken. Because, after all, that's not...
Pursuant to the Law of July 28, 2023, amending the Law - Family and Guardianship Code and some other laws, new obligations have been imposed on health care providers if a potential patient may be a person under the age of 18.
The Medical Research Agency will survive, but it will have to change - this is the conclusion after Tuesday's meeting of the Health Committee (meeting adjourned, will continue next week). How deep the changes will be and - above all - whether they will go in the right direction, time will tell.
The turn of the year prompts summaries and reflections on what has passed and what is coming. Pointing out the most significant event in the field of pharmaceutical law that took place in 2023 is not difficult: over the past few months, no other law has been as much talked about in the...
The Parliamentary Health Committee this week will face its first (of a long list) "investigative" topic, taking the Medical Research Agency under the magnifying glass. An agency against which, already at the stage of legislative work in 2019, the then opposition had numerous objections, and...
Looking at the work schedule of the Health Committee - there will be no boredom. Several meetings are scheduled for January alone, the topics of which will heat up public opinion. No topic works on the imagination like the way public funds are spent. Optimally - by political opponents. So, first...
The 55-year-old pop legend first officially shared her diagnosis in December 2022, having already canceled several dates from her scheduled January and April 2023 "Courage World Tour." The cancellation of the long-awaited tour was prompted by the singer's health problems, which caused much...
Those who want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to do so, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna assured on Friday, announcing the ordering of the next tranche of doses of the preparation adapted to the new variants of SARS-CoV-2. On the same day, the Ministry of Health announced the...
On the night of December 5-6, when good children are asleep, Santa Claus puts their long-awaited gifts in their shoes, socks - or just lays them by the bedside, depending on the region of Poland and the size of the packages. But it's not just children who will be waiting for a surprise on Santa...
Given that the legislative process for a major amendment to the Law on Reimbursement of Medicines, Foodstuffs for Special Dietary Purposes and Medical Devices took a long time (it took more than 2 years from the publication of the first draft to the enactment of the law), the entry of DNUR into...
On December 6, booster vaccinations against COVID-19 will start in Poland, which is good news. It would be, if it weren't for all the others regarding these vaccinations, which are coming in parallel and effectively dampen optimism.
6,7 proc. PKB – tyle, łącznie, Polska wydawała na zdrowie w 2022 roku. Średnia dla krajów OECD, jak wynika z najnowszego raportu „Health at a Glance” to 9,2 proc. W latach 2020-2021 wydatki związane z ochroną zdrowia w krajach wysokorozwiniętych eksplodowały, w 2022 roku wystąpił natomiast...
The diagnosis of asthma is based on the finding of typical symptoms, namely: shortness of breath, coughing, tightness in the chest, wheezing, among others.Symptoms occur in pairs and are paroxysmal and variable in nature.They occur after: exertion, change in weather, contact with an irritant,...
There is a coalition agreement, solemnly signed by the leaders of the groupings that make up the democratic opposition - as early as Monday the vote in the Sejm is expected to confirm that it is a parliamentary majority. However, there was a stumbling block in the final straight: the Together...
In today's increasingly dynamic medical environment, in times of medical shortages, doctors' time is a very valuable resource. Fighting bureaucracy, particularly related to the drug reimbursement process, consumes much of that time. Time that should be devoted to... patients.
Potential benefits and risksPotential benefits of the keto diet include:a) Improving weight control:One of the main arguments in favor of the ketogenic diet is its potential to improve weight control. This aspect of the diet seems crucial for most people who struggle with obesity. By drastically...
During a demonstration in support of the Palestinian cause, a citizen of the Kingdom of Norway carried a poster targeting the State of Israel. As luck would have it, this Citizen of the Kingdom of Norway is in Poland as a student at the Warsaw Medical University (as are many of her compatriots)....
Hypothyroidism in Hashimoto's diseaseHypothyroidism is one of the most common hormonal problems in the world, and Hashimoto's disease is one of its main causes. Modern medicine offers us various treatments for hypothyroidism, including pharmacotherapy - thyroid hormones and also dietary changes....
The term was publicized by Prof. Timothy Garton Ash an observer of public life in Poland, a historian.
Kto pokieruje Ministerstwem Zdrowia w najbliższych latach? Czy zwycięstwo Koalicji Obywatelskiej oznacza powrót Bartosza Arłukowicza? A może lider ludowców widzi siebie na fotelu ministra zdrowia i wicepremiera. Dwa razy – nie. Łatwiej jest w tej chwili powiedzieć, kto – raczej na pewno – nie...
This is a particularly interesting question in the context of the approaching date of the parliamentary elections, in which no political party is declaring to overhaul the health care system by reducing the number of hospital beds.
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