Bosak proposes "tachographs" for doctors and fees for emigrating graduates

Bosak, the leader of the Confederation and president of the National Movement, visited the Lubusz Voivodeship as part of his autumn tour around the country. At the conference, he argued that - in his opinion - increasing spending on the health service alone would not solve the system's problems without effective control over how the money was spent.

As he said, hospitals should have "tachographs" for medics, allowing them to better monitor their work (a tachograph is a device recording a driver's working time, driving time, breaks and rest periods - ed.).

More places in medical studies

The politician also again pointed to the need to increase the number of medical students, especially those studying specific specializations.

Bosak said that Polish medical universities should, first of all, prepare doctors to work in the country. He was critical of the large number of foreign students at some medical faculties.

The higher medical education system must primarily train doctors for Poles. If you look at the photos of some of the new classes at medical faculties, you may wonder whether it is an international school founded by the United Nations or a Polish university - he said.

The politician also added that medical graduates who leave Poland after completing their studies should - according to his proposal - reimburse the education costs incurred by the state.

The government's proposal regarding doctors' working time

According to the act that the government was working on, and which was discussed in detail in the second half of September by the Minister of Health, Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda, doctors would be subject to a working time limit - a maximum of 320 hours per month.

In turn, according to the ministerial regulation, doctors' working time is to be reported to the National Health Fund more quickly and reliably.