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📢 Today, during the Global Blood Cancer Awareness Month, the fifth expert meeting in the “Healthcare Policy Roundtable” series took place at the Medical University of Warsaw, organized by the Institute for Social Development and the Medical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw.

🔍 The debate was attended by prominent medical experts as well as representatives of public institutions. They discussed topics such as effective diagnostics, the shortage of specialists, and access to modern therapies. References were also made to the Rare Diseases Plan adopted in August, since most hematological cancers are rare diseases, as well as the role of hemato-oncology in the initiatives of the European Union and the upcoming Polish Presidency of the EU Council 🇪🇺, which begins on January 1, 2025. During the meeting, Director Mateusz Oczkowski from the Ministry of Health also announced that soon Polish patients suffering from blood cancers will gain access to new therapeutic options. 💊

We sincerely thank all participants of the fifth debate in the “Healthcare Policy Roundtable” series for an extremely fruitful discussion. Based on the recommendations presented during the meeting, the Institute for Social Affairs will prepare a report, which will then be published and submitted to public administration representatives.

The discussion, moderated by Dr. Jakub Gierczyński, MBA, included the following participants:
– Prof. Alicja Chybicka, Chair of the Parliamentary Team for Rare Diseases;
– Mateusz Oczkowski, Deputy Director of the Department of Drug Policy and Pharmacy at the Ministry of Health;
– Joanna Parkitna, Director of the Medical Technology Assessment Department at the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System;
– Prof. Ewa Lech-Marańda, National Consultant in Hematology, Director of the Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine in Warsaw;
– Prof. Krzysztof Giannopoulos, President of the Polish Society of Hematologists and Transfusion Specialists, Head of the Department of Experimental Hemato-oncology at the Medical University of Lublin;
– Prof. Wiesław Jędrzejczak, Department and Clinic of Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Diseases at the Medical University of Warsaw;
– Justyna Mieszalska, President of the Medical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw;
– Małgorzata Bogusz, President of the Institute for Social Development, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee.

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