#FOP26

Programme

Introduction

For the 20th time, representatives of patient organisations, experts, public administration representatives and decision-makers responsible for shaping health policy will meet in Warsaw.
On World Day of the Sick, 11 February, the most important challenges facing the healthcare system and the role of patient organisations in addressing them will be discussed.

The originator of the Forum, which has been organised continuously since 2007, is Rev. Dr Arkadiusz Nowak, president of the Institute for Patient Rights and Health Education.

Introduction

See what you will encounter during #FOP26

wysluchanie

Public hearing of patient organisations

profilaktyka

Modern prevention – how to effectively protect the health of the population?

organizacje

20 years of strengthening patients' voices – how has the role of patient organisations changed and where are we heading?

doktor

Systemic challenges in the treatment of chronic diseases

nerka

„Kidneys – the silent killer of the 21st century – is Poland ready for the challenges of the future?”

nagroda

Announcement of the results of the „Grant for Health” competition”

sessions

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9:15-10:30

Talks by Monika Rachtan, editor, in the series „Po Pierwsze Pacjent” (Patient First)”

Prof. Dr. Tadeusz Zielonka
Dr Michał Suwała

11:00-11:15

What does the patient gain from central e-registration?

Monika Kowalczyk - Department of e-Health, Ministry of Health

11:30-12:15

INAUGURATION OF THE FORUM

Address by Ms Monika Wielichowska - Deputy Speaker of the Polish Parliament
Speech by Ms Katarzyna Anna Kacperczyk - Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Health
Presentation of the "For Health and the Patient" Awards

12:15-13:45

Public hearing - session of patient organisations

Discussion with leaders of patient organisations about the most important needs in the health care system with participation:

Bartłomiej Chmielowiec - Ombudsman for Patients' Rights
Katarzyna Anna Kacperczyk - Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Health
Dr Jakub Szulc - Vice President of the National Health Fund

Moderator:
Rev. Dr Arkadiusz Nowak - President of the Institute for Patients' Rights and Health Education
editor Krzysztof Jakubiak

13:45-14:30

Lunch break

14:45-15:45

„20 years of amplifying the voice of patients - how has the role of patient organisations changed and where are we going?” - Open panel with Forum participants

Adriana Porowska - Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister
Marek Augustyn - Vice-President of the National Health Fund
Jakub Bydłoń - Director of the Department of Social Dialogue at the Ministry of Health
Marzanna Bieńkowska - Deputy Director of the Department for Cooperation in the Ombudsman's Office
Patient
Dr Elżbieta Bylina - Director of the Centre for Clinical Research Development, Medical Research Agency
Jakub Wygnański - Chairman of the Board of the Shipyard Foundation

Moderator - Igor Grzesiak

16:15-17:15

Intergenerational Oxford Debate „Who will pay for health?” - Boomers vs Zetas

Introduction

Igor Grzesiak - Presentation of the Hack4Health initiative
Wojciech Wisniewski - Financial gap in the health care system - what it means for patients

Moderator - Editor Ewa Kurzyńska

Team Bommers: Dr. Małgorzata Gałązka-Sobotka, Joanna Frątczak-Kazana, Dominik Romiński, Wojciech Wiśniewski
Team Zetka: Sebastian Goncerz, Paweł Mrozek, Dominik Kuc, Aleksandra Kot

17:15

Conclusion of the first day of the Forum

09:00-09:45

„NGO advocacy in the European Union - how to build real impact?”

Kinga Wójtowicz - Director of EU Healthcare, RPP Group, Brussels
Witold Strzelecki - Managing Director, Business & Science Poland, Brussels

Moderator - Editor Krzysztof Jakubiak

09:45-10:00

Adherence as dialogue - why there is more to working with a doctor than just taking medication.”

Prof. Dr. Slawomir Murawiec

10:15-11:15

Modern prevention - an investment in health with a high rate of return

Dr Paweł Grzesiowski - Chief Sanitary Inspector
Prof. Dr. Paweł Koczkodaj - National Institute of Oncology, Association of Polish Preventive Medicine
Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Tomasiewicz - President of the Polish Society of Epidemiologists and Physicians of Diseases
Infectious Diseases
Prof. Dr. Małgorzata Myśliwiec - Chair and Department of Paediatrics, Diabetology and Endocrinology GUMed
Dr Rafał Staszewski - Chancellor of the Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznań
Aleksandra Wilk - Director of the Lung Cancer Section, "To się Leczy" Foundation

Moderator - Editor Aleksandra Kurowska

11:15-12:00

Break, check out of the hotel

12:00-12:30

History of fake medical news

Dr Konrad Skotnicki - Dr from Tiktok

12:30-12:45

Unlimited drug programmes - an opportunity for the patient

Joanna Augustyńska - Vice President of the Management Board of EconMed Europe
Magdalena Kolodziej - President of My Patients Foundation

13:00-14:00

Systemic challenges in the diagnosis and management of chronic diseases

Prof. Tomasz Maciejewski - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Health
Prof. Dr. Brygida Kwiatkowska - National Consultant in Rheumatology
Prof. Dr. Witold Owczarek - National Consultant in Dermatology and Venereology
Prof. Dr. Grażyna Rydzewska - Head of the Department of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine,
National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration
Dr Piotr Dąbrowiecki - President of the Federation of Asthma, Allergy and COPD Associations
Agata Młynarska - President of the Health Without Taboos Foundation„
Monika Kaczmarek - President of the Polish Diabetes Association

Moderator - Editor Anna Kaczmarek

14:15-15:15

„Kidney disease - an underestimated public health problem. Why should nephrology become a systemic priority?” - Partnership session with the National Association „My kidneys”

Prof. Dr. Magdalena Krajewska - National Consultant in Nephrology
Prof. Dr. Beata Naumnik - Deputy President of the Polish Society of Nephrology
Dr Michalina Bou-Matar - Chairman of the Board of the Warsaw-Mazovian Branch of the Polish
Society for Family Medicine
Prof. Dr. Rajmund Michalski - President of the Polish Association „My Kidneys”
Maciej Karaszewski - Director of the Treatment Department, Ministry of Health

Moderator - Dr Anna Zimny-Zając

15:15

Conclusion of the Forum

Associated events

During #FOP26 other events will also take place

Lectures

Discussion panels

and many, many more...