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National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy
Nemzeti Népegészségügyi és Gyógyszerészeti Központ

Headquartered at the Building of National Centre of Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary
Agency overview
Formed1 October 2018
HeadquartersAlbert Flórián út 2-6, 1097, Budapest, Hungary
Agency executive
Websitewww.nnk.gov.hu

National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy (NCPHP)[2] (Hungarian: Nemzeti Népegészségügyi és Gyógyszerészeti Központ; NNGYK)[3][4] is a Hungarian centralised budgetary body based in Budapest having been established in 2018 as the legal successor of the State Public Health and Medical Officer Service (ÁNTSZ).[5][6] In December 2018, Hungarian physician Cecília Müller became the Chief Medical Officer.[1]

With effect from 1 August, 2023, Hungary's National Pharmaceutical and Food Health Institute ceased to existed having been amalgamated with the former National Public Health Centre to form a new body, the NNGYK.[2][7] Cecília Müller remains in post as director of the new agency.[3]

Governance

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The agency is given authority under the Minister of Human Resources 18/2019. (VI. 6.) EMMI instruction on the Organisational and Operational Regulations (SZMSZ) of the National Centre for Public Health.[8]

On 20 July 2023,[9] the Hungarian Government passed Decree, No. 333/2023. (VII. 20.),[10] giving authority for the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYEI) to be subsumed into the new central body making the NCPHP the legal successor to the NNK and OGYÉI.[11]

Department of Health Administration

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The National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy encompasses the Department of Health Administration, an organisational unit under the direct supervision of the National Chief Medical Officer. The administration body has many roles and functions, such as the authorisation and control of the activities of health care providers. The tasks undertaken on behalf of the National Chief Medical Officer include, but are not limited to:[12]

  • provision of inpatient specialist care
  • organising patient transport
  • the supply of blood
  • provision of haemodialysis
  • cell and tissue banking
  • diagnostics for molecular genetics
  • in vitro fertilisation and genetic counselling
  • investigating complaints, including public interest complaints against health care providers
  • monitoring the enforcement of regulations governing the operation of health care institutions
  • performing official tasks in relation to the authorisation of medical research, particularly where intervention in humans is implicated
  • undertaking official tasks related to organ transplantation, particularly with respect to contracts with Eurotransplant

References

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  1. ^ a b "Megvan az új tisztifőorvos" [New Chief Medical Officer appointed]. Nepszava (in Hungarian). 1 December 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Országos Gyógyszerészeti és Élelmezés-egészségügyi Intézet". Országos Gyógyszerészeti és Élelmezés-egészségügyi Intézet (in Hungarian). Retrieved 7 October 2024. From the 1st of August NIPN ceased to exist and its functions was taken over by the NCPHP by general succession.
  3. ^ a b Leitner, Attila (31 July 2023). "NNK, OGYEI to be merged into one central health authority". The Budapest Times. Retrieved 7 October 2024. The new authority will operate under the name National Public Health and Pharmaceutical Centre (NNGYK) with chief medical officer Cecília Müller serving as its director...
  4. ^ "Hungary's pharma authority to merge with the National Public Health Centre". cms-lawnow.com. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2024. As a result of the merger, the NNK will be renamed the National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy (Nemzeti Népegészségügyi és Gyógyszerészeti Központ, NNGYK) and will be led by Hungary's chief medical officer, Cecilia Müller.
  5. ^ "National Public Health Center". eurohealthnet.eu. EuroHealthNet. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Megkezdi a munkát a Nemzeti Népegészségügyi Központ" [The National Centre for Public Health will begin work] (in Hungarian). 1 October 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  7. ^ "333/2023. (VII. 20.) Korm. rendelet - Nemzeti Jogszabálytár". njt.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Szervezeti és Működési Szabályzatát" [Organisational and operational rules] (in Hungarian). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Margyar Közlöny" [Hungarian Gazette]. magyarkozlony.hu (in Hungarian). 20 July 2023. 2023. július 20., csütörtök: Egyes kormányrendeleteknek a Nemzeti Népegészségügyi és Gyógyszerészeti Központ működésével kapcsolatos módositásáról. [Thursday, 20 July, 2023: On the modification of some government decrees related to the operation of the National Public Health and Pharmaceutical Centre.]
  10. ^ "Updates". eurohealthobservatory.who.int. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2024. Effective 1 August 2023, the institute no longer exists as a separate entity. Under government decree 333/2023, a new organisation, the National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy, was created.
  11. ^ Kovács, Ákos (3 August 2023). "Major legislative changes in Hungary's pharma and food industry". www.schoenherr.eu. Retrieved 8 October 2024. The NNGYK is the legal successor of the NNK and OGYÉI.
  12. ^ "Egészségügyi Igazgatási Főosztály" [Department of Health Administration]. nnk.gov.hu (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Népegészségügyi Központ (NNK). 8 October 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
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