#FOP24

Programme

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Introduction

For the 18th time, representatives of patient organisations, experts and representatives of administration, officials and politicians will meet in Warsaw.

On the eve of World Sick Day, the most topical issues affecting the healthcare system and the needs of patients will be addressed.

The originator of the meeting, which has been organised since 2007, is Revd Dr Arkadiusz Nowak, President of the Institute for Patients' Rights and Health Education.

Introduction

See what you will encounter during #FOP24

Health priorities for the new term of the European Parliament

Challenges and needs from the patients' perspective

System solutions in Poland and Europe for prevention activities

Communicable diseases as a public health challenge

These are just some of the topics that will be covered during the conference.

sessions

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11:30-12:00

Formal opening of the Forum and reading of a letter to Forum participants from Mr. Speaker Szymon Holownia by Professor Urszula Demkow - Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Health.

presentation of the "For Health and the Patient" Awards

12:00-13:45

Public hearing - session of patient organisations with the Minister of Health

Speech by the Minister for Health, Ms Izabela Leszczyna

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

Izabela Leszczyna - Minister of Health

Marek Kos - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Health

Maciej Miłkowski - Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Health

Bartłomiej Chmielowiec - Ombudsman for Patients' Rights

Filip Nowak - President of the National Health Fund

Moderator:
Rev. Dr Arkadiusz Nowak - President of the Institute for Patients' Rights and Health Education
Jakub Gołąb - Office of the Patient Ombudsman

13:45-14:30

Lunch

14:45-16:00

International Session I "Can environmental health and patient safety be priorities in the new term of the European Parliament?" - Online broadcast in Polish and English

Introduction to the discussion: Interdisciplinary approaches to health and illness versus health priorities, Prof. Dr. Ewa Baum, Dr. Piotr Dąbrowiecki

Ole Toft - Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark
Ewa Kopacz - Vice President of the European Parliament, former Prime Minister of Poland
Bartosz Arłukowicz - MP, Chairman of the Sejm Health Committee, former Minister of Health TBC
Mikołaj Dorożała - Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Climate and Environment
Dr Nino Berdzuli - Director of the WHO Office in Poland
Mariano Votta - Director of Active Citizenship Network
Anne Stauffer - Deputy Director and Strategic Manager, Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)
Michał Byliniak - Director General INFARMA

Moderator - ed. Krzysztof Jakubiak - portal mzdrowie.pl

16:15-17:30

International Session II "Vaccination programmes and anti-smoking solutions as public health tools in Europe" - Online transmission in Polish and English

Introduction to the discussion: Public health - health promotion - health prevention. Why is it so difficult to make a difference, Dr Rafał Staszewski

Wojciech Konieczny - Secretary at the Ministry of Health
Nina Hvid Enevoldsen - Minister Counsellor, Royal Danish Embassy
Mariano Votta - Director of Active Citizenship Network
Louise Ross - Vice-Chair and Mental Health Lead for the New Nicotine Alliance Home
Prof. Jacek Jassem - Medical University of Gdańsk
Grzegorz Juszczyk, MD, PhD - Department of Public Health, Medical University of Warsaw
Magdalena Kolodziej - President of My Patients Foundation

Moderator - ed. by Iwona Schymalla - portal medexpress.pl

17:45-18:15

Announcement of the results of the "Grant for Health" competition

18:15

Conclusion of the first day of the Forum

09:00-09:30

"One-on-one with an expert"

Interview with Tomasz Sobierajski, PhD - Head of the Centre for Sociomedical Research, Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of Warsaw

09:30-09:50

Educational lecture entitled. "Endometriosis - a women's health problem that doctors don't know".

Dr Daniel Kurczyński - Katowice Oncology Centre

09:50-10:10

Educational lecture entitled. "Perceptions of the humanisation of medicine - perspectives of patients and health care professionals".

Prof. Zbigniew Izdebski - University of Zielona Góra CM, University of Warsaw - Faculty of Medicine

10:15-11:15

Development of innovation and clinical research in Poland and Europe

Prof. Dr. Ewa Marcinowska-Suchowierska - Chairman of the Supreme Bioethics Commission Prof. Dr. Dominik Dytfeld - Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Prof. Dr. med. Maria Pokorska-Śpiewak - Medical University of Warsaw
Prof. Dr. Leszek Czupryniak - Medical University of Warsaw
Dr Elżbieta Bylina - Medical Research Agency
Agata Wiesiołek - Senior Director, Astra Zeneca Research Centre
Dariusz Żebrowski - Association for Good Clinical Practice in Poland/ Stop Duchenne Foundation

moderator - Agnieszka Ryniec

11:15-12:00

Coffee break

12:00-13:15

Challenges and needs in health care from the patients' perspective

Prof. Urszula Demkow - Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Health
Col. Prof. Marek Rękas - National Consultant in Ophthalmology
Prof. Jolanta Sykut-Cegielska - National Consultant in Metabolic Paediatrics
Dr Aleksandra Lewandowska - National Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Prof. Maciej Banach - Medical University of Lodz
Prof. Jacek Jassem - Medical University of Gdańsk
Dr Anna Pietrzak -Director of 2nd Clinic of Gastroenterology, CMPK, Bielański Hospital in Warsaw

Moderator - Dr Jakub Gierczyński

13:30-14:30

Communicable diseases - a continuing public health problem

 

Prof. Justyna Kowalska - Medical University of Warsaw

Jerzy Jaroszewicz, MD, PhD - Head of the Observational, Infectious Diseases and Hepatology Ward at the No. 1 Specialist Hospital in Bytom

Marek Posobkiewicz - Director of the Health Service Office, Prison Service  

Dr. Anna Marzec-Bogusławska - Director of the National AIDS Centre

Dr Magdalena Ankiersztejn-Bartczak - President, Foundation for Community Education

Moderator - Dr Anna Zimny-Zając - portal medonet.pl

14:30-15:00

Educational lecture entitled. "What perceptions patients have and how antidepressants really work".

Dr Slawomir Murawiec

15:00

Conclusion of the Forum

Associated events

During #FOP24 other events will also take place

Lectures

Discussion panels

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