National Report Poland - Spring 2019 - OZZL  Report on the situation of doctors in Poland

8 February 2018 health minister Lukas Szumowski signed an agreement with our resident’s organization belonging to OZZL. As a result of this agreement, 5 July 2018 the parliament passed a new law. The agreement has compromising character, so purposes of doctors are only partly being served in this act. Passed act not fully agrees with notations of the agreement. Some demands were weakened, omitted or twisted by the parliament dominated by the ruling party. As a result of it, this year OZZL with the support of our medical chamber started with protest. We are demanding the full completion of agreement concluded 8 February 2018. First step of our actions is organizing march protest of doctors, residents and medicine students in Warsaw 1 June 2019. Within the nearest months we are considering other forms of protest, like the action of canceling the clause opt-out, or some kind of strikes, or work on one job only, or group resignation from the job.