Night and holiday healthcare in Silesian Voivodeship: addresses, phone numbers and how to access care

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NiŚOZ (nocna i świąteczna opieka zdrowotna — night and holiday healthcare) provides medical and nursing care outside normal clinic opening hours: Monday to Friday, 18:00–8:00, and round the clock on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. There are currently 68 points in Silesian Voivodeship, with the largest numbers in: Katowice (4), Sosnowiec (3), Tarnowskie Góry (3), Bytom (3). Below you will find the full list with addresses and phone numbers, information on accessing care and what to do if the duty doctor recommends laboratory tests.

When to use night and holiday healthcare

NiŚOZ is for people who develop a sudden illness or whose health deteriorates, where the condition is not life-threatening but cannot wait until the clinic opens: fever, infection, a sore throat, earache or abdominal pain without warning signs, vomiting and diarrhoea, a flare-up of a chronic condition, or the need for an injection prescribed by a doctor or a dressing change. There are no catchment-area restrictions and no referral is needed: you can attend any point in Poland, regardless of where you live or which clinic you are registered with. The duty doctor provides advice in person, by telephone and, where medically justified, at the patient’s home. You need an identity document for the visit; insurance is checked through the eWUŚ system.

If there is an immediate threat to life (loss of consciousness, seizures, severe chest pain, sudden breathlessness, extensive burns, vomiting blood or signs of a stroke), call 112 or 999, not a NiŚOZ point. The free NFZ (Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia — Polish National Health Fund) patient information helpline, 800 190 590, operates round the clock and helps you find the nearest point, but does not provide medical advice. Emergency dental care has a separate out-of-hours rota; the list is available on the NFZ website.

List of night and holiday healthcare points in Silesian Voivodeship

Data source: the NFZ “Gdzie się leczyć” (“Where to get treatment”) search tool (gsl.nfz.gov.pl), as of 23.09.2026. Before visiting, it is worth calling to confirm that the facility is seeing patients; the current list is published by the regional NFZ branch.

General rules and other voivodeships: guide to night and holiday healthcare; lists: Lower Silesian, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Lublin, Lubusz, Łódź, Lesser Poland, Masovian, Opole, Subcarpathian, Podlaskie, Pomeranian, Silesian, Świętokrzyskie, Warmian-Masurian, Greater Poland, West Pomeranian.

Has the duty doctor recommended tests? Have them done in the morning without a referral

Night and holiday healthcare points do not carry out routine laboratory testing: the duty doctor assesses the patient’s condition and recommends the next steps, while laboratory tests (full blood count with differential, CRP, glucose, electrolytes, liver function tests and urinalysis) usually need to be done the following day. You do not need to wait for a clinic appointment or have a referral for these tests: you can buy them online at BadamySie.pl, have them done in the morning at your nearest ALAB, Synevo or ETER-MED collection point, and access the results online the same day or the next day to show your GP. The result report is issued in Polish.

Blood collection points in Silesian Voivodeship: blood tests in Katowice (10 points), blood tests in Sosnowiec (3 points), blood tests in Gliwice (4 points), blood tests in Zabrze (2 points), blood tests in Bytom (2 points), blood tests in Tychy (2 points), blood tests in Rybnik (4 points), blood tests in Częstochowa (4 points), blood tests in Bielsko-Biała (3 points), blood tests in Jaworzno (2 points), blood tests in Mikołów.

Frequently asked questions

Is night-time healthcare free?

Yes, NiŚOZ services are free for people insured with NFZ; you do not need a referral or to be registered with that particular clinic.

Can a night-time healthcare doctor issue a sick note and a prescription?

Yes, the duty doctor can issue an electronic prescription and an electronic sick note if your health condition justifies it. They do not issue referrals for planned specialist diagnostic tests.

Can I request a doctor’s home visit at night?

Yes, where medically justified (for a bedbound patient or someone with marked weakness). The duty doctor makes the decision after a telephone conversation; the phone number for the facility serving your area is in the table above.