W końcu 2023 r. działalność prowadziło 11,5 tys. aptek i 1,1 tys. punktów aptecznych – podaje Główny Urząd Statystyczny. To o odpowiednio o 1,6 oraz 2,5 proc. mniej, niż w roku poprzednim. Średnio na jedną aptekę i punkt apteczny przypada niemal 3 tys. pacjentów. Okazuje się też, że zawód...
During the May meeting of the District Medical Council in Warsaw, new members of the Presidium of the ORL were elected. We already know the composition of the council.
The premise of the 40 PLUS Program was very simple. It was supposed to rebuild the health of Poles after the pandemic. At that time, many patients did not regularly perform preventive examinations, and some avoided them altogether. The consequences of such behavior are tragic; to this day,...
"Efforts should be made to ensure that every woman in labor has access to anesthesia during childbirth. The introduction of an adjustment coefficient by the National Health Fund may favorably affect the actual availability of anesthesia during natural childbirth and thus contribute to improving...
Nurses ranked outside the top three professions with the highest public trust, according to a ranking published by SW Research. Doctors took over the third place on the podium from them. In second place, unchanged from 2021, remain paramedics. Advancement by one place in the top ten, however, was...
758 million zlotys were spent by the National Health Fund on prescription drug reimbursement in 2023 alone. Even though this amount includes medicines needed by patients and correctly priced, the scale of abuse is still huge, according to the MZ. The seriousness of the practice can be evidenced,...
Not from May 8, but from the beginning of July, new drug dosage templates are to go into effect. The change of date is the Health Ministry's response to the comments of the Healthcare Employers' Alliance about the harmful effects of the "dosage-table" changes on both patients and doctors. - We...
In an interview with Natalia Jaskólska, a midwife practicing at the UCK WUM on the occasion of Polish Midwife Day we find out that this profession is not only the supervision of the physiology of pregnancy, safety of labor and postpartum, but much more. And in fact, this "more" turns out to be...
A pilot for pharmacist services for reproductive health began on May 1. The idea is to be able to dispense emergency contraception in pharmacies on the basis of a pharmacist's prescription to patients over the age of 15. However, this does not mean that they will be able to buy the pill right...
Resort zapowiada zmiany ustawy, polegające na wyłączeniu z Centralnego Rejestru Osób Uprawnionych do Wykonywania Zawodu Medycznego informacji o zawieszeniu uprawnienia do wykonywania zawodu medycznego i daty utraty uprawnienia do jego wykonywania wraz z podaniem przyczyny oraz informacji o...
The Minister of Health has decided to conduct an additional stage in the spring qualification procedure for medical and medical-dental specializations. The third stage was launched on April 22, 2024 in the Education Monitoring System (SMK). In it, 116 doctors were qualified for residency spots in...
- The main point of my program is a self-government common to all chambers, which is supposed to unite, integrate doctors," said Dr. Artur Drobniak, the new president of the District Medical Chamber of Warsaw, during a meeting with the media. He presented the chamber's strategy for systemic and...
Leaders of the Medical Professions Self-Government have published a joint position against attempts to antagonize health care workers. This is in response to the words of Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna.
The expert panel for the substantive evaluation of prescribing milk replacers at the Supreme Medical Council, after analyzing specific cases of a particular doctor's use of milk replacers and on the basis of documentation provided by doctors, unanimously concluded that there were medical...
"Clinical classes must be held with respect for the dignity of the patient in groups of no more than 6 people," calls the Residents' Agreement of the All-Poland Physicians' Trade Union. Due to the fact that some of the new medical faculties, according to the PKA's opinion, planned to conduct...
The Health Ministry assures that it wants to meet the demands of nurses included in the civic draft amendment to the minimum wage law - and proposes to adjust the indicators for the two groups (5 and 6) to which most of this professional group is assigned. The adjustment would be spread over two...
Extraordinary subcommittee to consider a citizen's bill to amend the law on how to determine the lowest basic salary of some employees working in medical entities.
According to CMKP, a total of 3210 formally correct applications were submitted in the spring recruitment procedure for specialty training. As part of the first stage of recruitment, 2495 people were qualified for vacant specialty places: including 1645 - for residency and 850 - for non-...
Is there a pilot flying with us? - with this question Krystyna Ptok, plenipotentiary of the Committee for Legislative Initiative of the Law on Amending the Law on the Manner of Determining the Lowest Basic Salary of Some Employees of Medical Entities, began the press conference at the Polish...
The National Council of Laboratory Diagnosticians has taken a position on the draft regulation of the Minister of Health on the conditions of remuneration for the work of employees of medical entities operating in the form of a budgetary unit.
The President of the Supreme Medical Council has asked the Ombudsman for a position on the concerns of the medical community regarding the scope of the Law on Family Planning, Protection of the Human Fetus and the Conditions of Permissibility of Abortion.
In connection with media reports about the Tarnów Academy's plans to open a medical faculty despite the PKA's negative opinion, the OZZL Residents' Agreement is sending a letter to Minister of Science and Higher Education Dariusz Wieczorek.
A 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 sent for public consultation. According to it, base rates would increase by about 20%.
- The concept of pharmaceutical care was not really defined until three years ago. That's when it listed what is a health benefit provided by pharmacists. This is a breakthrough, because we didn't have such powers before. Computerization will take off a huge part of our responsibilities. So we...
The Supreme Medical Council has given a positive opinion of the draft regulation of the Minister of Health on the framework program of the course in family medicine. However, it has some comments.
More than half of doctors support patients outside of working hours, often at the expense of their own rest, according to the "Patient on the Phone" report, compiled by the Research and Analysis Center of the Supreme Chamber of Physicians and Doctor.One, in cooperation with NIL IN - the Network...
The Supreme Medical Council has published its position on the Health Minister's draft regulation on qualification courses for paramedics.
At the end of 2024, the rules for nursing and midwifery providers will change and midwifery providers in primary health care (PHC). The community's concern is that the regulations do not specify the rules under which independent nursing and midwifery practices will be part of the coordinated care...
Ombudsman wants regulation of doctors' working hours. An audit by the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) found that doctors work up to two days without rest breaks. In May 2023. The Ombudsman addressed the then Health Minister Adam Niedzielski on the issue. He received a reply that the ministry was not...
The "Code of Ethics of a Pharmacist of the Republic of Poland" has been published in the Public Information Bulletin of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber.
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