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Offered by non-state healthcare facilities and chains, medical subscription services have been becoming increasingly popular in Poland. As many as ca. 2.5 million people have been using subscription-based healthcare, health specialists estimate.

All medical facilities, whether outpatient clinics, hospitals or surgeries, must comply with the sanitary requirements in respect of, for instance, equipment. Newly-established facilities can’t open to patients until they’ve met these requirements, and the existing ones have to adapt their sanitation practices by the end of 2016.

Primary health care is the pillar of the Polish health care system. Patients go to primary care physicians with most ailments and primary health care services are widely available.

The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) entitles you to receive medical treatment in other Member States for free.

The list of your medical appointments, procedures, cashed prescriptions, and the amounts that the National Health Fund (NFZ) has spent on your treatment – all this information will be made available to your after logging in to the Integrated Patient’s Guide (ZIP) website. The login and password can be collected by every insured person at their voivodeship branch of the National Health Fund.

They support the development of science in their fields of interest, conduct publishing activity, organise scientific assemblies and conferences, popularise research results – these are just some of the aspects of the operations of medical science societies.

In Poland, a degree in dentistry can be obtained after graduating from five-year medical and dentistry studies at one of medical universities.

A victim of home violence can go to a doctor with the request of receiving a medical certificate confirming their injuries and treatment. This certificate is not the equivalent of a forensic examination.

Professional or amateur, it does not matter. When you apply for any type of driver licence, you have to undergo medical examinations concluded with a decision on no health-related objections concerning driving motor vehicles.

The “basket resolutions" issued by the minister of health determine the health benefits to which patients are entitled free of charge under the National Health Fund (NFZ) insurance.

They protect people and property, often work in shifts – physical security guards. As of this year, this profession has been deregulated, which means that security guards no longer have to obtain professional licenses. However, the obligation to undergo medical and psychological examination remains.

The objective of hospital pharmacies is to supply drugs and medicinal products to hospitals and other medical centres providing full-stay and 24-hour health services. The hospital pharmacy department can act as a hospital pharmacy.