New regulation by the Minister of Health, published on Monday in the Journal of Laws, is nothing more than a desperate attempt to capture the valuation of key players on the medical chessboard.
Doctor rates go up
Instead of waiting for full digitisation of hospitals, the government must pay now, because competition from the private sector and foreign clinics does not take prisoners.
From July 1, new rates for the basic monthly salary of doctors and dentist doctors undergoing specialisations within residency come into force. The matter is clear – if we want specialists in hospitals, not just advanced diagnostic chatbots, we must dig deep into our pockets.
The rate increase is a direct response to market pressure, where human capital becomes a luxury commodity. Nevertheless, in the current socio‑political situation (the scandal at the Southern Hospital in Warsaw), raises for medical professionals may elicit mixed reactions from society.
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Priorities on the medical chessboard – who benefits the most?
According to the new regulations, the basic salary of residents in priority fields will be 11,654.76 PLN gross per month for the first two years of training. After that period, the rate will rise to 12,714.29 PLN.
This concerns medical front‑liners – anesthesiology, general surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry or family medicine. These are sectors where staffing shortages hurt the most, and psychological pressure could break even the most seasoned broker.
What about the rest of the rate? For other specialisations, the rates are set at 10,595.24 PLN in the early years and 10,913.10 PLN in the next training phase. The difference is noticeable and shows that the health ministry is starting to use aggressive motivational mechanisms known from tech companies.
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The calculation algorithm, i.e. the rigid macroeconomic base
The Ministry of Health does not hide that the need to issue a new regulation stems directly from the rules on minimum wages in health protection. This system ties the salaries of non‑specialised doctors to the average national wage. In 2026 this base is exactly 10,595.24 PLN and it serves as the starting point for further calculations.
The new resident salary rates were calculated based on the lowest wage a doctor in a “regular” field can earn in the first two years of training. Other salaries will be set using this base with appropriate multipliers.
Their level depends on the year of training and whether the field is considered a priority. This means stability, but also complete dependence of doctors’ financial condition on the overall state of the Polish economy.
The new rules do not forget aesthetic medicine and dentistry, although here the rules are more intricate. The regulation precisely regulates the situation of dentist doctors who started training in orthodontics before July 1, 2020.
The government decided to play in the style of “acquired benefit rights” – they will retain the right to a higher salary, as provided for priority fields, until the end of training.
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Source: money.pl
