Ministry of Health (Poland)

Ministerstwa Zdrowia (Ministry of Health)

The Ministry of Health is a policymaker and the regulatory body that is responsible for national health policy, major capital investments in healthcare, medical science and education, introducing regulations governing the functioning of the health care system. The competences of the Ministry of Health include: providing equal access to health care services financed from public funds, regulating organization and functioning of universal health insurance by issuing ordinances based on statutory delegation, as well as financing of selected highly specialist health care services and selected public health programmes.