National Reporting Instrument 2015

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Section: Background

Hide [S01] Monitoring progress on the implementation of Code – Second round reporting (2015-2016)

On May 21, 2010 the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel (the “Code”) was adopted by the 193 Member States of the World Health Organization. The Code encourages information exchange on issues related to health personnel and health systems in the context of migration, and suggests regular reporting every three years on measures taken to implement the Code. The reporting process is an integral component of the effective implementation of the voluntary principles and practices recommended by the Code.

A self-assessment tool for countries second-round reporting

To monitor the progress made in implementing the Code, and in accordance with the request of the World Health Assembly (Resolution WHA63.16), a national self-assessment tool was created for Member States.

You have been nominated as Designated National Authority (DNA) to respond to the updated national reporting instrument (NRI) via this web-based data interface.

Disclaimer: The data and information collected through the National Reporting Instrument will be made publicly available via the WHO web-site following the proceedings of the World Health Assembly, May 2016.

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Contact details

Hide [G1Q00001] Name of Member State

Poland

Hide [G1Q00002] Contact information of DNA

Full name of institution

Ministry of Health

Name of contact officer

Mariola Mitchell

Title of contact officer

Counsellor to the Minister

Mailing address

ul. Miodowa 15, 00-952 Warsaw

Telephone number

+48225300173

Fax number

+48225300391

Email address

m.mitchell@mz.gov.pl

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Section 01: Qualitative information (1-4)

Hide [S11] 1) In your country, do equally qualified and experienced migrant health personnel enjoy the same legal rights and responsibilities as the domestically trained health workforce in terms of employment and conditions of work?

Yes

Hide [S12] 2) Which legal safeguards and/or other mechanisms are in place to ensure that migrant health personnel enjoy the same legal rights and responsibilities as the domestically trained health workforce? Please tick all options that apply from the list below:

2.a) Migrant health personnel are recruited internationally using mechanisms that allow them to assess the benefits and risk associated with employment positions and to make timely and informed decisions regarding them

2.b) Migrant health personnel are hired, promoted and remunerated based on objective criteria such as levels of qualification, years of experience and degrees of professional responsibility on the same basis as the domestically trained health workforce

2.c) Migrant health personnel enjoy the same opportunities as the domestically trained health workforce to strengthen their professional education, qualifications and career progression

2.d) Other mechanism, please provide details if possible:

Other

Hide [S13] 3) Please submit any other comments or information you wish to provide regarding legal, administrative and other measures that have been taken or are planned in your country to ensure fair recruitment and employment practices.

Pursuant to article 43.2 – Act of Law on Higher Education of 27 July 2005 (Journal of Law of 2012, item 572, as amended) there are groups of foreigners who may enroll on, and follow, education or training courses and participate in research and development work pursuant to the rules applicable to Polish nationals non-nationals: • non-nationals who were granted settlement permit; • non-nationals having refugee status granted in the Republic of Poland; • foreigners benefiting from temporary protection on the territory of the Republic of Poland; • migrant workers being citizens of European Union Member States, Swiss Confederation or European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Member States – parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as well as members of their families provided that they live on the territory of the Republic of Poland; • non-nationals who were granted European Union long-term resident permit on the territory of the Republic of Poland; • foreigners who were granted temporary residence permit on the territory of the Republic of Poland due to the circumstances mentioned in Article 53 (1) (7), 13 and 14 of the Foreigners Act of 13 June 2003 (Journal of Laws No 128, item 1175, as amended); • foreigners who were offered secondary protection on the territory of the Republic of Poland; • citizens of European Union Member States, European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Member States – parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or Swiss Confederation, as well as members of their families having permanent residence permits. Other foreigners may enroll on, and follow, education or training courses and participate in research and development work on the basis of Article 43.3 of the said Act on the basis of: 1) International agreements, pursuant to the rules set out in these agreements; 2) Agreements concluded by higher education institutions with foreign entities, pursuant to the rules set out in these agreements; 3) Decision by the minister competent for higher education or by the responsible minister specified in Article 33 (2) (Minister of Health in the case of medical higher education institutions); 4) Decision by the rector of higher education institution. Pursuant to Article 43.3.3 and Article 43.4 of the said Act, foreigners may enroll on, and follow, education or training courses and participate in research and development work referred to in section as: - As holders of scholarship awarded by the Polish Party; - on a fee-paying basis; - without tuition fee and scholarship benefits - as holders of scholarships awarded by sending party, without paying tuition fees; - as holders of scholarships awarded by higher education institutions Pursuant to Article 43.5 citizens of European Union Member States, Swiss Confederation or European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Member States – parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as well as members of their families, who possess financial resources needed to cover costs of maintenance during the period of study may enroll on, and follow, degree programs, doctoral programs and other forms of education or training, as well as participate in research and development work pursuant to the rules applicable to Polish nationals, with no entitlement however to a maintenance grant, special grant for disabled persons, or pursuant to the rules laid down in section 3 and 4. Moreover, pursuant to Article 43.5a holders of a valid Card of the Pole may enroll on, and follow, degree programs, doctoral programs and other forms of education or training, as well as participate in research and development work pursuant to the rules applicable to Polish nationals or pursuant to the rules laid down in section 3 and 4. Migrant health workforce have the same legal rights and responsibilities as the domestically trained health professionals. The right to practice and the conditions are recorded in the local acts for the following medical professionals: doctors, dentists, pharmacists and laboratory diagnosticians, nurses and midwives

Hide [S14] 4) Please submit any other comments or information you wish to provide regarding difficulties faced by your health personnel working outside your country and any measures that have been taken or are planned in your country to ensure their fair recruitment and employment practices.

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Section 01: Qualitative information (5-12)

Hide [S15] 5) Has your country or its sub-national governments entered into bilateral, regional or multilateral agreements or arrangements addressing the international recruitment of health personnel?

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Section 01: Qualitative information (5-12) contd.

Hide [S17] 7) If your country or its sub-national governments entered into bilateral, regional or multilateral agreements, do those take account of the needs of developing countries and countries with economies in transition?

Hide [S19] 9) Does your country strive to meet its health personnel needs with its domestically trained health personnel, notably through measures to educate, retain and sustain a health workforce that is appropriate for the specific conditions of your country, including areas of greatest need?

Yes

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10) If “Yes”, use Table B below to indicate the top 3 measures in place :

Table B – measures taken to educate, retain and sustain the health workforce

	Measure Type	Description
10.a)	Education	No entry limits at the university for the pharmacists and bio-medical scientists
10.b)	Training	Residency-specialization training for doctors & dentists that is financed by the state (they receive salary)
10.c)	Education programs	easier access to perform the profession

Hide [S111] 11) Has your country adopted measures to address the geographical mal-distribution of health workers and to support their retention in underserved areas?

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Section 01: Qualitative information (13-17)

Hide [S113] 13) Does your country have any (government and/or non-government) programs or institutions undertaking research in health personnel migration?

Hide [S115] 15) Has your country established a database of laws and regulations related to international health personnel recruitment and migration and, as appropriate, information related to their implementation?

Hide [S116] 16) Does your country have any mechanism(s) or entity(ies) to maintain statistical records of health personnel whose first qualification was obtained overseas?

Yes

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16.1) Please use Table E below to provide the contact details of each entity.

Table E Contact details of mechanism(s) or entity(ies) maintaining statistical records of health personnel whose first qualification was obtained overseas

	Name of mechanism or entity	Contact details	Web-link (if available)
16.1 a)	Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists	ul. Sobieskiego 110, 00-764 Warszawa, phone: +48 22 5591300, or 22 5591324, fax.+48 22 5591323, e-mail:sekretariat@hipokrates.org	www.nil.org.pl
16.1 b)	Polish Pharmaceutical Chamber	ul. Długa 16, 00-238 Warszaw, phone: +48 22 6359285, or 22 6350670, e-mail: nia@nia.org.pl	www.nia.org.pl
16.1 c)	National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians	ul. Konopacka 4, 03-428 Warszawa, phone: +48 22 7412155, fax: +48 22 7412156, e-mail: biuro@kidl.org.pl	www.kidl.org.pl
16.1 d)	Main Chamber of Nurses and Midwives	ul. Pory 78 lok.10, 02-757 Warszawa, phone: +48 22 3276161, fax: +48 22 3276160, e-mail: nipip.pl	www.nipip.pl
16.1 e)
16.1 f)
16.1 g)

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16.2) For the entity named in Q(16.1) please use Table F below to specify whether the information gathered include the following:

Table F Description of the statistical information available on the internationally recruited health personnel

Hide [S1162col1] 16.2)

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Entity

Hide [S1162col3] Occupation category

Hide [S1162col4] Country of first qualification

Hide [S1162col5] Year of first recruitment

Hide [S1162col6] Age

Hide [S1162col7] Sex

Hide [S1162aa] Entity 1

Hide [S1162a] Entity

Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists

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Categories of Skilled Health Personnel (Include all that apply)

* Please use this category only if the information available has no clear separation in reported numbers between the two cadres

Doctors

Nurses

Midwives

Nurses/Midwives*

Dentists

Pharmacists

Other

Hide [S1162c] Country of first qualification

Yes

Hide [S1162d] Year of first recruitment

Hide [S1162e] Age

Yes

Hide [S1162f] Sex

Yes

Hide [S1162bb] Entity 2

Hide [S1162a2] Entity

Polish Pharmaceutical Chamber

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Categories of Skilled Health Personnel (Include all that apply)

* Please use this category only if the information available has no clear separation in reported numbers between the two cadres

Doctors

Nurses

Midwives

Nurses/Midwives*

Dentists

Pharmacists

Other

Hide [S1162c2] Country of first qualification

Yes

Hide [S1162d2] Year of first recruitment

Hide [S1162e2] Age

Yes

Hide [S1162f2] Sex

Yes

Hide [S11623] Entity 3

Hide [S1162a3] Entity

National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians

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Categories of Skilled Health Personnel (Include all that apply)

* Please use this category only if the information available has no clear separation in reported numbers between the two cadres

Doctors

Nurses

Midwives

Nurses/Midwives*

Dentists

Pharmacists

Bio-medical scientists

Other

Hide [S1162c3] Country of first qualification

Yes

Hide [S1162d3] Year of first recruitment

Hide [S1162e3] Age

Yes

Hide [S1162f3] Sex

Yes

Hide [S1162dd] Entity 4

Hide [S1162a4] Entity

Main Chamber of Nurses and Midwives

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Categories of Skilled Health Personnel (Include all that apply)

* Please use this category only if the information available has no clear separation in reported numbers between the two cadres

Doctors

Nurses

Midwives

Nurses/Midwives*

Dentists

Pharmacists

Other

Hide [S1162c4] Country of first qualification

Yes

Hide [S116d4] Year of first recruitment

Yes

Hide [S1162e4] Age

Yes

Hide [S1162f4] Sex

Yes

Hide [S1162ee] Entity 5

Hide [S1162a5] Entity

Hide [S1162b5]

Categories of Skilled Health Personnel (Include all that apply)

* Please use this category only if the information available has no clear separation in reported numbers between the two cadres

Doctors

Nurses

Midwives

Nurses/Midwives*

Dentists

Pharmacists

Other

Hide [S1162c5] Country of first qualification

Hide [S1162d5] Year of first recruitment

Hide [S1162e5] Age

Hide [S1162f5] Sex

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Section 01: Qualitative information (13-17) contd.

Hide [S117] 17) Does your country have any mechanism(s) or entity(ies) to regulate or grant authorization to practice to internationally recruited health personnel and maintain statistical records on them?

Yes

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17.1) Please use Table G below to provide the contact details of each entity.

Table G Contact details of mechanism(s) or entity(ies) regulating ot granting authorization to practice to internationally recruited health personnel

	Name of mechanism or entity	Contact details	Web-link (if available)
17.1 a)	as in point 16.1 a)	as in point 16.1 a)	as in point 16.1 a)
17.1 b)	as in point 16.1 b)	as in point 16.1 b)	as in point 16.1 b)
17.1 c)	as in point 16.1 c)	as in point 16.1 c)	as in point 16.1 c)
17.1 d)	as in point 16.1 d)	as in point 16.1 d)	as in point 16.1 d)
17.1 e)
17.1 f)
17.1 g)

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For the entity named in Q(17.1) please use Table H below to indicate whether the information gathered include the following details:

Table H Description of information available on authorization and regulation of practice of internationally recruited health personnel

Hide [S1172col1] 17.2)

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Entity

Hide [S1172col3] Occupation category

Hide [S1172col4] Country of first qualification

Hide [S1172col5] Year of first recruitment

Hide [S1172col6] Age

Hide [S1172col7] Sex

Hide [S1172aa] Entity 1

Hide [S1172a] Entity

Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists

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Categories of Skilled Health Personnel (Include all that apply)

* Please use this category only if the information available has no clear separation in reported numbers between the two cadres

Doctors

Nurses

Midwives

Nurses/Midwives*

Dentists

Pharmacists

Other (include details as necessary)

Other

Hide [S1172c] Country of first qualification

Yes

Hide [S1172d] Year of first recruitment

Hide [S1172e] Age

Yes

Hide [S1172f] Sex

Yes

Hide [S1172bb] Entity 2

Hide [S1172a2] Entity

Polish Pharmaceutical Chamber

Hide [S1172b2]

Categories of Skilled Health Personnel (Include all that apply)

* Please use this category only if the information available has no clear separation in reported numbers between the two cadres

Doctors

Nurses

Midwives

Nurses/Midwives*

Dentists

Pharmacists

Other (include details as necessary)

Other

Hide [S1172c2] Country of first qualification

Yes

Hide [S1172d2] Year of first recruitment

Hide [S1172e2] Age

Yes

Hide [S1172f2] Sex

Yes

Hide [S1172cc] Entity 3

Hide [S1172a3] Entity

National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians

Hide [S1172b3]

Categories of Skilled Health Personnel (Include all that apply)

* Please use this category only if the information available has no clear separation in reported numbers between the two cadres

Doctors

Nurses

Midwives

Nurses/Midwives*

Dentists

Pharmacists

Other (include details as necessary)

bio-medical scientists

Other

Hide [S1172c3] Country of first qualification

Yes

Hide [S1172d3] Year of first recruitment

Hide [S1172e3] Age

Yes

Hide [S1172f3] Sex

Yes

Hide [S1172dd] Entity 4

Hide [S1172a4] Entity

Main Chamber of Nurses and Midwives

Hide [S1172b4]

Categories of Skilled Health Personnel (Include all that apply)

* Please use this category only if the information available has no clear separation in reported numbers between the two cadres

Doctors

Nurses

Midwives

Nurses/Midwives*

Dentists

Pharmacists

Other (include details as necessary)

Other

Hide [S1172c4] Country of first qualification

Yes

Hide [S1172d4] Year of first recruitment

Yes

Hide [S1172e4] Age

Yes

Hide [S1172f4] Sex

Yes

Hide [S1172ee] Entity 5

Hide [S1172a5] Entity

Hide [S1172b5]

Categories of Skilled Health Personnel (Include all that apply)

* Please use this category only if the information available has no clear separation in reported numbers between the two cadres

Doctors

Nurses

Midwives

Nurses/Midwives*

Dentists

Pharmacists

Other (include details as necessary)

Other

Hide [S1172c5] Country of first qualification

Hide [S1172d5] Year of first recruitment

Hide [S1172e5] Age

Hide [S1172f5] Sex

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Section 01: Qualitative information (18-21)

Hide [S118] 18) Has an assessment of what is needed to implement the Code at the national, sub-national and local level been made?

Hide [S119] 19) Has your country taken any steps to implement the Code?

Hide [S121] 21) Please list in priority order, the three main constraints to the implementation of the Code in your country and propose possible solutions:

	Main constraints	Possible solution
21.a)	n/a	n/a
21.b)	n/a	n/a
21.c)	n/a	n/a

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Section 01: Qualitative information (22-24)

Hide [S122] 22) Has your country provided assistance to one or more Member States or other stakeholders to support their implementation of the Code?

Hide [S123] 23) Does your country receive / requested assistance from one or more countries or other stakeholders to support its implementation of the Code?

Hide [S124] 24.1) Please submit any other complementary comments or material you wish to provide regarding the international recruitment and management of migration of the health workforce that would relate to implementation of the Code.

Hide [S242] 24.2) Please submit any other complementary material you wish to provide regarding the international recruitment and management of migration of the health workforce that would relate to implementation of the Code.

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Section 02: Quantitative information - Minimum Data Sets

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Questionnaire on Foreign-trained Doctors and Nurses

Please follow the instructions within the spreadsheet to complete the questionnaire.

To download the spreadheet please follow the link: /dataformv6/upload/surveys/378366/docs/Adapted_Template_Workforce%20Migration_2015.xls

Hide [S22] Please upload the filled out spreadsheet here

Workforce Migration-2015-Poland

No comment

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Section 03: Reporting instrument for other stakeholders (optional)

Hide [S31] Submitted by:

Mariola Mitchell

Hide [S32] Contact details:

as in page 1

Hide [S33] Name of entity submitting the report:

Ministry of Health

Hide [S34] Responsible and/or contact person:

Mariola Mitchell

Hide [S35] Mailing address:

as in page 1

Hide [S36] Telephone number:

+48 22 5300173

Hide [S37] Fax:

+48 22 5300391

Hide [S38] Email:

m.mitchell@mz.gov.pl

Hide [S39] Website URL :

www.mz.gov.pl

Hide [S310] Description of the entity submitting the report:

Hide [S311] Please describe the entity submitting this report and the nature of its involvement or interest in international health personnel migration issues relevant to the Code.