Recommendation of the President #HPP #48aa – Prevention and early detection of head and neck cancers
Recommendation No. 190/2025 of 15 December 2025, of the President of the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System on recommended medical technologies, activities carried out under health policy programs, and the conditions for implementing these programs, concerning the prevention and early detection of head and neck cancers
The recommendation is an update of Recommendation No. 14/2020 of 15 December 2020. of the President of the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System on recommended medical technologies, activities carried out as part of health policy programs, and the conditions for implementing these programs, concerning the prevention and early detection of head and neck cancers in accordance with Article 48aa(8) of the Act on healthcare services financed from public funds.
The recommendation contains a model solution for a given health problem – Prevention and early detection of head and neck cancers.
The recommendation exempts local government units from the need to submit a health policy program prepared in accordance with its content for review.
Thus, the recommendation serves as a model for programs prepared by local government units for this health problem.
The President of the Agency recommends that health policy programs include informational -educational activities within the general population focused on the prevention and early detection of head and neck cancer, training for medical personnel, and diagnostic visits combined with health education for people aged ≥35 with at least one risk factor for the development of head and neck cancer.
The President of the Agency does not recommend the use of other medical technologies and activities within health policy programs, nor conditions of implementation other than those included in this document.
Therefore, from 15 December 2025, in order to prepare PPZs for the prevention and early detection of head and neck cancer, the provisions of Recommendation No. 190/2025 should be taken into account, and then a statement of compliance of the PPZ project with this recommendation should be sent to the Agency pursuant to Article 48aa(11) of the Act.
There is no need to modify the PPZ currently being implemented, which came into force before the publication of Recommendation 190/2025. It is not possible to continue future editions of the PPZ in an unchanged form.