Karolina Hryckowian
Ministry of Health communiqué on “aesthetic-corrective medicine”: A groundbreaking interpretation, or the start of a dispute over the boundaries of competence?
On 30 January 2026 the Polish Ministry of Health published a lengthy communiqué on performance of aesthetic-corrective medical procedures. Regardless of how the ministry’s position is assessed, it does bring some clarity to the debate over who can perform certain cosmetic treatments and under what conditions. In practice, the communiqué also signals the government’s regulatory policy. The ministry indicates how the regulations should be interpreted and what standard of patient safety can be expected.
Bill to amend the Food Safety and Nutrition Act: Higher penalties and sweeping changes in oversight
The Ministry of Health and the Chief Sanitary Inspector, Dr Paweł Grzesiowski, have drafted a bill to amend the Food Safety and Nutrition Act and the State Sanitary Inspectorate Act (item no. UD247). The bill would introduce a number of changes, including significantly raising fines for violating food regulations.
Proposed deregulation of pharmaceutical law
Marketing authorisation holders will no longer have to inform the Integrated System for Monitoring Trade in Medicinal Products of the planned place of delivery of medicines, and it will be easier for persons authorised to issue prescriptions to obtain drug samples. The Polish government has approved these deregulatory proposals in the healthcare field, to be achieved by amending the Pharmaceutical Law. There are also plans to modify the requirements for qualified persons.
