{"id":793,"date":"2026-05-13T13:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trojmiasto.online\/?p=793"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:35:21","slug":"esli-chelovek-ne-govorit-po-polski-on-ne-dolzhen-rabotat-vrachom-sotni-vrachej-iz-ukrainy-i-belarusi-mogut-poteryat-rabotu-v-polshe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trojmiasto.online\/en\/novosti\/esli-chelovek-ne-govorit-po-polski-on-ne-dolzhen-rabotat-vrachom-sotni-vrachej-iz-ukrainy-i-belarusi-mogut-poteryat-rabotu-v-polshe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abIf a person does not speak Polish, they should not work as a doctor\u00bb: hundreds of doctors from Ukraine and Belarus may lose their jobs in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Supreme Medical Chamber of Poland has revoked the conditional right to work for 146 doctors from non-EU countries since May 1. Most of them are medical professionals from Ukraine who did not provide a certificate of Polish language proficiency at least at the B1 level.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chairman of the Supreme Medical Chamber (Naczelna Rada Lekarska), \u0141ukasz Jankowski, stated that a doctor who does not speak Polish should not work in Poland: \u201cIf a person does not speak Polish, they should not work as a doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to him, the work of such specialists in hospitals can be dangerous for patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of May 1, foreign doctors who have not confirmed their knowledge of the Polish language have lost their right to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have already revoked 146 permits, but overall the procedure concerns several hundred people,\u201d Jankowski said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Jankowski’s estimates, there are about 3,000 Ukrainian doctors working in Poland. Approximately a thousand of them have still not provided a B1 level certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possible Changes to the Law<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Health is planning changes that may allow doctors without Polish language skills to work for another year. Jankowski called this decision erroneous and a sign of problems in the healthcare system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also noted that such doctors are often hired in emergency departments and hospitals in regions where there is a shortage of staff. However, according to him, the medical chamber opposes this practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Language is a Mandatory Requirement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Medical Chamber of Poland has been advocating for mandatory confirmation of language proficiency for doctors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, the requirements were lowered to the B1 level \u2014 which Jankowski described as \u201ctourist\u201d and too low by European standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the head of the Supreme Medical Chamber, doctors without knowledge of the Polish language can negatively affect the perception of the entire profession: \u201cThey shape the opinion about the entire medical community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s Next for Ukrainian Doctors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The conditional right to work is valid only for work in a specific hospital and does not grant the right to practice privately<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These rules were introduced temporarily due to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, new applications for conditional permits are no longer being accepted, and previously issued permits will be valid until at most the fall of 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To continue working in Poland, doctors from Ukraine will need to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • complete an internship<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • pass the LEK exam<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • validate their diploma through nostrification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Source: https:\/\/wydarzenia.interia.pl\/kraj\/news-kilkuset-lekarzy-z-ukrainy-straci-prace-jestesmy-w-trakcie-p,nId,23475406<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Main Medical Chamber of Poland has revoked the conditional right to work for 146 doctors from non-EU countries as of May 1. Most of them are medical professionals from Ukraine who did not provide a certificate of Polish language proficiency at least at the B1 level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,11,464],"tags":[1354,1349,1353,1356,1351,1350,915,1347,1357,1355,1352,1348,1147,1346,1358],"class_list":["post-793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novosti","category-politika","category-polsha","tag-naczelna-rada-lekarska","tag-vrachi-iz-ukrainy-polsha","tag-glavnaya-vrachebnaya-palata-polshi","tag-deficzit-vrachej-polsha","tag-znanie-polskogo-yazyka-b1-vrachi","tag-liczenziya-vracha-polsha","tag-mediczina-polsha","tag-mediczinskie-rabotniki-ukraina-es","tag-migracziya-vrachej-ukraina","tag-nostrifikacziya-diploma-vrach-polsha","tag-rabota-vrachom-v-polshe","tag-trudoustrojstvo-vrachej-v-polshe","tag-ukrainskie-vrachi-v-polshe","tag-ekzamen-lek-polsha","tag-yazykovye-trebovaniya-vrachi-polsha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trojmiasto.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trojmiasto.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trojmiasto.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trojmiasto.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trojmiasto.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trojmiasto.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":794,"href":"https:\/\/trojmiasto.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions\/794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trojmiasto.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trojmiasto.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trojmiasto.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trojmiasto.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}