Starting from January, the National Health Fund introduces reimbursement for the non-invasive ankle-brachial index (ABI) test, which will allow patients to save up to 150 PLN, but only selected individuals from at-risk groups for atherosclerosis will benefit from it. #ABI #zdrowie #diagnostyka (translated)
The NFZ report reveals shocking waiting times for treatment in the Polish healthcare system, with record wait times of 249 days for urgent orthopedic procedures and huge queues for specialists, especially in the case of children. #OchonaZdrowia #KolejkiDoLekarzy #NFZ (translated)
The author regarded the matter as very serious and wrote that it should be investigated by the Ministry of Health, the National Health Fund, and national consultants for pediatrics and pediatric surgery. He added that he also considered it an absolute minimum for the Supreme Medical Chamber to look into the matter. #zdrowie #medycyna #dzieci #PL (translated)
The author wrote that the data from the National Health Fund for the second quarter of 2026 indicated an increase in waiting times for urgent appointments among selected services. According to him, the number of patients urgently awaiting a CT scan has increased by half over the year. #zdrowie #medycyna #NFZ #PL (translated)
General Prof. Dr. Jamal Śmigowski described Poland in 2026 as a country where the police, courts, and National Health Fund were in a poor state, and the media, as he wrote, were partisan. The Sejm was described as anti-citizen and pro-Ukrainian, while the government was labeled a dictatorship implementing censorship and mandates and prohibitions. He also called the officials anti-citizen. He added that the only thing that was growing was the debt — by over 2 billion daily — and encouraged others to add more points. #Polska #polityka #protest (translated)
The author of the contribution described the contract as gigantic and stated that Lower Saxony was purchasing 113 battery train sets from Siemens. https://t.co/NFzj3SIyro #baterie #vlaky #Siemens (translated)
The National Health Fund warns that due to scheduled maintenance work on October 13 from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM, there may be difficulties accessing important applications and IT systems. #NFZ #konserwacje #bezpłatnebadania (translated)
Patients are afraid of going to the sanatorium in Horyniec-Zdrój due to the proximity to the border with Ukraine and frequent RCB alerts; however, the National Health Fund does not foresee the possibility of changing the location of the treatment. #sanatorium #NFZ #bezpieczeństwo (translated)
The author of the entry stated that "Rzeczpospolita" has reached an unpublished report from the NFZ for the second quarter of 2026. According to the data he cited, 980,000 people were waiting for admission with an urgent referral — 180,000 more than the previous year and 62,800 more than in the first quarter. #NFZ #zdrowie #statystyki #PL (translated)
The draft bill (...) is a kind of vote of no confidence towards a number of stakeholders in the healthcare system, who have failed to self-regulate for several years – stated Jakub Szulc, deputy head of the NFZ, quoted by rynekzdrowia.pl. #NFZ #OchronaZdrowia #DokumentacjaMedyczna (translated)
The National Health Fund demands access to the documentation of private medical facilities to control the working hours of doctors and detect cases of patients bypassing queues, which is a response to recent irregularities related to the Southern Hospital. #NFZ #OchronaZdrowia #DokumentacjaMedyczna (translated)
- Medical facilities have begun to limit the number of tests performed, as billing for excess services in a model where the hospital receives only a fraction of the procedure's value and with significant delays means that facilities must finance the system. - says Adam Miller, an internist in oncology specialization. #zdrowie #kolejki #NFZ (translated)
- This phenomenon will likely deepen in the coming quarters, as the problems of the National Health Fund are intensifying - adds Wiśniewski. #zdrowie #kolejki #NFZ (translated)
"This is the aftermath of the introduction of limits in imaging diagnostics and changes in the financing rules for these services, which were made during the accounting year, additionally with a retroactive date," says Marcin Martyniak, director of the Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony in Kielce, former Deputy Minister of Health, to "Rz." #zdrowie #kolejki #NFZ (translated)
The waiting time for doctor appointments in urgent cases lengthened in the second quarter of 2026, and the number of patients waiting for tests such as MRI or CT scans has increased significantly, indicating a growing crisis in the healthcare system. #zdrowie #kolejki #NFZ (translated)
Since referrals in the regular mode have ceased to be a pass for examination, there is increasing pressure to issue urgent referrals in order to allow the patient to get an appointment at all. #zdrowie #kolejki #NFZ (translated)
Medical facilities have started to limit the number of tests performed because billing for excess procedures in a model where the hospital receives only a small portion of the procedure's value and with significant delays means that facilities must finance the system themselves - Adam Miller, an internist in oncology specialization, believes. #zdrowie #kolejki #NFZ (translated)
This is a consequence of the introduction of limits in imaging diagnostics and changes in the funding principles for these services, which were made during the financial year, additionally with a retroactive date – says "Rz" Marcin Martyniak, director of the Provincial Integrated Hospital in Kielce, former Deputy Minister of Health. #zdrowie #kolejki #NFZ (translated)
Data published by "Rzeczpospolita" reveals that in the second quarter of 2026, the number of patients waiting for urgent medical examinations significantly increased, leading to longer waiting times for appointments. #zdrowie #kolejki #NFZ (translated)
Katarzyna Sójka accused Donald Tusk's government of manipulating public opinion after the brutal murder of a 37-year-old woman. She claimed that the prime minister directed attention to cybersecurity and the presidential veto to divert it away from issues related to child psychiatry. As she wrote, in the nineteen-minute speech of the head of the government, there were no words concerning psychiatry, therapy, the National Health Fund, or treatment; instead, he spoke about the internet, cybercrime, and blocking content. Sójka assessed that a free support hotline cannot replace systemic care, available spots in hospitals, or pharmacotherapy. She also accused the government of educational sabotage. In her opinion, the offer for children in "100 specifics" was limited to the elimination of homework and the removal of textbooks for the History and Citizenship subject, and the lack of obligations and boundaries negatively affected the development of children. The MP wrote that the Medical Fund, in which — as she reported — 8 billion zlotys were left, was reduced to 2 billion instead of receiving the annual statutory 4 billion. She also claimed that due to the lack of limits in the National Health Fund, children's therapies were interrupted. By comparison, she stated that in 2022 and 2023 her camp allocated nearly 5 billion zlotys for school psychological care and doubled the number of specialists to nearly 43 thousand. She believed that the government was using the topic of cybersecurity to hide its own incompetence. #psychiatria #bezpieczeństwo #edukacja (translated)
