People with various diseases are guided by, after accepting the referral by the National Health Fund, you need to be patient. There are 30 days for approval of the referral, but sometimes it may be extended – This is mainly due to the lack of doctors who could verify the referral, delay affects up to 70 percent. voivodships
However, it may change soon, the Ministry of Health plans to introduce reforms that will allow not only balneology specialists to approve referrals, but also allow other doctors after a special training.
After accepting the referral, the patient may go for spa treatment. The National Health Fund has launched a browser in which everyone can check individually, waiting time in a given province – the browser is available under this. It allows you to check its number in the queue.
The waiting time depends on the number of people who want to take advantage of spa treatment in a given province. The average waiting time in 2025 is 10 months. You have to wait the longest in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, there patients must prepare for just over a year of waiting. It is definitely shorter in the Warmian-Masurian and Podlasie voivodships, there you have to wait 3-4 months. In the Lublin and Podkarpacie, the waiting time is 3-5 months. On average, 8-10 months have to wait in other voivodships.
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It is possible to take advantage of spa treatment under ZUS – is entitled to people who have a chance to return to work after such a stay. It is carried out as part of the so -called disability prevention, in such a situation the waiting time often shortens to several weeks. Farmers can also take advantage of KRUS treatment, then the waiting time is usually about 2 months.
The use of the so -called phrasesif we do not have to have a previously set date, this is a good option. They result from the dismissal or willingness to change the deadline by other people, often in such situations the patient loses his place (if the reason is unfounded in the opinion of the National Health Fund), and others can use it. If we are interested in such an option, then contact the NFZ branch and report the desire to use the deadlines from returns. However, this has its downside – we learn about the date less than 14 days before the planned trip, in sporadic cases it can be only 3 days before staying.
An alternative to people who do not want to wait, and can pay for their stay in the spa are private sanatorium trips. In this situation, you can freely choose the date, duration and scope of treatments – we also do not need a referral. Nevertheless, you should pay for all treatments.
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