Welcome Point UW – health insurance information

22 10 2024

Dear Doctoral Students,

during the autumn period, we are particularly vulnerable to illnesses such as the flu or the cold. We want to remind you how important it is to have insurance. For this reason, we would like to present our production, which we have been working on together with SketchMovie for the last few months. The video explains in simple terms how the Polish healthcare system works. It clarifies the process of signing a contract with the NFZ (NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE) and choosing a GP and a clinic. How to get a prescription, and where to seek help on public holidays and days off. We managed to include a lot of other useful information in just a three-minute film.

If you have any questions about the Polish healthcare system, but also about studying at our university or living in Poland, please contact the Welcome Point team: welcome@uw.edu.pl.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym5B_ikZk_0 – our new film about the Polish National Health Service,
• https://welcome.uw.edu.pl/multimedia/ – and here you will find all our productions, there are more and more of them, so we have a new tab on our website,
• https://welcome.uw.edu.pl/healthcare-in-poland/ – and here you will find information about the Polish health service gathered in one place.

Health & insurance – PhD students – https://welcome.uw.edu.pl/home/phd-students/health-insurance-phd-students/

Stay healthy!