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First-quarter 2026 data reveals half a million Poles queuing for physiotherapy, imaging, and specialist care. Health Ministry signals e-registration expansion and stricter physician employment rules.
Poland's health minister unveiled reforms including capped doctor salaries, mandatory hospital work requirements, and an electronic waiting list system by year-end, aimed at rebuilding public trust and eliminating preferential treatment in hospitals.
Health Minister Jolanta Sobieranska-Grenda unveiled comprehensive reforms including salary caps, new electronic waiting lists, and stricter oversight of physicians working multiple jobs, responding to a major scandal at Warsaw's Southern Hospital.
Poland's new electronic appointment system goes mandatory on July 1, 2026 for cardiology and cancer screening. Patients can book NFZ appointments online through a single platform.
The Ministry of Health will extend the pharmacy-prescribing pilot for emergency contraception pills, allowing pharmacists to issue prescriptions directly through at least 2027.
President Nawrocki vetoed a one-year extension, forcing 441 non-EU doctors—mostly Ukrainian—to lose their right to practice after failing to submit Polish B1 certificates by May 1.
