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Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team<\/a> and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Poland\u2019s health minister has unveiled a series of reforms intended to \u201crebuild trust\u201d in the healthcare system. The planned changes include caps on doctors\u2019 salaries, a requirement for them to work at least half their statutory working time at a designated hospital, and a new electronic waiting list system.<\/p>\n The announcement comes after weeks of growing pressure on the government following a series of reports that certain doctors received exorbitant pay from the public healthcare system and that politically connected patients were able to skip queues and even use a special \u201cVIP lounge\u201d.<\/p>\n \u274c\ufe0f Koniec z “kominami” \ud83d\udc49 Pakiet zmian dla zdrowia w Polsce wprowadza maksymalne poziomy: wydatk\u00f3w szpitali na wynagrodzenia, wynagrodzenia indywidualnego, stawki godzinowej do 240 z\u0142 brutto. pic.twitter.com\/MnjIVbVMpD<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Kancelaria Premiera (@PremierRP) July 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Prime Minister Donald Tusk last week demanded urgent improvements to the healthcare system, warning that otherwise the jobs of senior officials could be under threat. Today, health minister Jolanta Sobiera\u0144ska-Grenda responded by unveiling a package of reforms.<\/p>\n They include a proposal to cap healthcare professionals\u2019 salaries at a level of 240 zloty (\u20ac55.72) gross an hour, as well as limiting the overall wage bills of hospitals financed by the public National Health Fund (NFZ).<\/p>\n Healthcare professionals will also be required to work at least half of their statutory working time in a single hospital, said the minister. Any additional jobs will require special permission from their main employer, she added.<\/p>\n Minister zdrowia Jolanta Sobiera\u0144ska-Grenda: System nie jest wolny od wad. Przez lata narasta\u0142y niedoskona\u0142o\u015bci, kt\u00f3re stworzy\u0142y przestrze\u0144 nadu\u017cy\u0107. Dla tych, kt\u00f3rzy potrafi\u0105 wykorzystywa\u0107 luki, omija\u0107 zasady i stawia\u0107 w\u0142asny interes ponad interes pacjenta. Bulwersuj\u0105 nas dzi\u015b\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ZDDVpB7Nli<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ministerstwo Zdrowia (@MZ_GOV_PL) July 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The reforms would also require NFZ-funded hospitals to disclose payments and contract terms for external medical providers selected through competitive tenders, while ending less-transparent contracting arrangements.<\/p>\n The government also plans to accelerate the rollout of a central patient registration system by the end of 2027 and introduce a new electronic waiting list for planned hospital procedures by the end of this year.<\/p>\n \u201cWe do not accept loopholes in the system that allow interference with the order in which patients are admitted,\u201d Sobiera\u0144ska-Grenda said, adding that the proposed reforms would \u201ccreate transparent, clear rules for registering for procedures for all patients\u201d.<\/p>\n She noted that some of her proposed changes would require legislation, meaning approval from parliament and the president, while others can be introduced through government regulations.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The new measures come amid a continued stream of media reports regarding alleged improprieties in the public healthcare system, which have caused growing public anger and attacks on the government from the right-wing opposition and opposition-aligned President Karol Nawrocki.<\/p>\n The crisis began in mid-June, when reports emerged that a young doctor, Dawid Kacprzyk, who was also a local politician for Tusk\u2019s centrist Civic Coalition (KO) party, had been working a seemingly impossible number of hours at four different hospitals and earning 1.6 million zloty (\u20ac372,000) last year alone.<\/p>\n While Kacprzyk resigned from his political position and returned much of the money, the scandal continued as further claims emerged, including that patients had died because the inexperienced Kacprzyk was made coordinator of emergency services at Warsaw\u2019s Southern Hospital. He strenuously denies this.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd34Kacprzyk pracowa\u0142 te\u017c w\u00a0Cz\u0119stochowie. Jest o\u015bwiadczenie plac\u00f3wki<\/p>\n Dawid Kacprzyk w 2025 r., w kt\u00f3rym mia\u0142 zarobi\u0107 1,6 mln z\u0142, pracowa\u0142 tak\u017ce w Wojew\u00f3dzkim Szpitalu Specjalistycznym im. Naj\u015bwi\u0119tszej Maryi Panny w Cz\u0119stochowie. Lekarz otrzyma\u0142 wynagrodzenie wed\u0142ug obowi\u0105zuj\u0105cej\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Wirtualna Polska (@wirtualnapolska) July 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Over the following weeks, news outlets Zero.pl, Wirtualna Polska and Onet revealed further alleged cases of huge salaries for some doctors and impropriety at the Southern Hospital, including preferential treatment for patients with political connections.<\/p>\n This included claims that there was a \u201cVIP lounge\u201d in which patients with connections to KO<\/a> were given more comfortable facilities than others and that such patients\u00a0were often allowed to skip the queue and receive treatment more quickly.<\/p>\n Given that most of the alleged irregularities took place in Warsaw, the crisis has placed particular pressure on mayor Rafa\u0142 Trzaskowski, who is also deputy leader of KO.<\/p>\n In response, he dismissed the board of the Southern Hospital and announced that members of political parties would no longer sit on supervisory boards of municipal healthcare bodies. In early July, two of his deputy mayors, Renata Kaznowska and Aldona Machnowska-G\u00f3ra, left their positions.<\/p>\n Gdyby\u015bcie nie chcieli czeka\u0107 na gastroskopi\u0119 lub kolonoskopi\u0119 w kolejce, w Warszawskim Szpitalu Po\u0142udniowym robi\u0105 od r\u0119ki. \u2014 Patryk S\u0142owik (@PatrykSlowik) June 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n However, opposition parties have argued that too little has been done to tackle the scandal and have called for Trzaskowski to resign, along with Sobiera\u0144ska-Grenda.<\/p>\n Speaking ahead of a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Tusk pledged that, as well as reforms to improve the healthcare system, there would be efforts to ensure that \u201cthose responsible for specific situations in specific hospitals will be held accountable, some before the justice system\u201d.<\/p>\n Last month, parliament also approved a government bill seeking to make the earnings of public healthcare professionals more transparent. The legislation is now awaiting a decision by Nawrocki, who can either sign it, veto it, or send it to the Constitutional Tribunal for review.<\/p>\n Around 2,000 healthcare workers protested in front of the prime minister’s office, demanding pay increases and other measures to address staff shortages in hospitals.<\/p>\n Poland has 5.7 nurses per 1,000 inhabitants, well below the EU-wide figure of 8.4 https:\/\/t.co\/m7jGiPpdb5<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Notes from Poland \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 (@notesfrompoland) November 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n
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