National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy explained

Agency Name:National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy
Nativename:Nemzeti Népegészségügyi és Gyógyszerészeti Központ
Formed:1 October 2018
Headquarters:Albert Flórián út 2-6, 1097, Budapest, Hungary
Chief1 Name:Cecília Müller[1]

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.

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.[7] Cecília Müller remains in post as director of the new agency.

Governance

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: 1 December 2018 . Megvan az új tisztifőorvos . New Chief Medical Officer appointed . Hungarian . Nepszava . 2021-08-29.
  2. Web site: Országos Gyógyszerészeti és Élelmezés-egészségügyi Intézet . 2024-10-07 . Országos Gyógyszerészeti és Élelmezés-egészségügyi Intézet . hu . From the 1st of August NIPN ceased to exist and its functions was taken over by the NCPHP by general succession..
  3. Web site: Leitner . Attila . 2023-07-31 . NNK, OGYEI to be merged into one central health authority . 2024-10-07 . The Budapest Times . en-US . 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. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Hungary’s pharma authority to merge with the National Public Health Centre . 8 October 2024 . cms-lawnow.com . 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. Web site: National Public Health Center . eurohealthnet.eu . EuroHealthNet . 29 August 2021.
  6. Web site: 1 October 2018 . Megkezdi a munkát a Nemzeti Népegészségügyi Központ . The National Centre for Public Health will begin work . 29 August 2021 . Hungarian.
  7. Web site: 333/2023. (VII. 20.) Korm. rendelet - Nemzeti Jogszabálytár . 2024-10-07 . njt.hu . Hu.
  8. Web site: Szervezeti és Működési Szabályzatát . 2 July 2019 . 29 August 2021 . Hungarian . Organisational and operational rules.
  9. Web site: 20 July 2023 . Margyar Közlöny . Hungarian Gazette . magyarkozlony.hu . Hu . 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. Web site: 27 July 2023 . Updates . 2024-10-08 . eurohealthobservatory.who.int . en . 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. Web site: Kovács . Ákos . 3 August 2023 . Major legislative changes in Hungary's pharma and food industry . 2024-10-08 . www.schoenherr.eu . en-US . The NNGYK is the legal successor of the NNK and OGYÉI..
  12. Web site: Egészségügyi Igazgatási Főosztály . Department of Health Administration . 8 October 2019 . nnk.gov.hu . Nemzeti Népegészségügyi Központ (NNK) . 13 September 2021 . Hungarian.

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