Investments 2026: health
Investments in the Marshal’s Office hospitals in Bydgoszcz (the Oncology Centre, the Pulmonology Centre, the Regional Children’s Hospital and the Observation and Infectious Diseases Hospital), the expansion of the Regional Specialist Hospital in Włocławek, the construction of a complex of specialist outpatient clinics at the Integrated Hospital in Toruń, and a mental health centre at the Regional Hospital for Nervous and Mental Disorders in Świecie are the most important healthcare investment projects in 2026. Total expenditure this year on all projects of this kind amounts to just over PLN 750 million.
“Hospitals, especially the most important ones, must be continuously modernised. This means purchasing the latest-generation medical equipment and apparatus, as well as expanding hospital complexes. We invest in order to maintain a high standard of diagnostics and treatment,” emphasises Marshal Piotr Całbecki.
The budget for the newest investment at the Marshal’s Office Oncology Centre in Bydgoszcz – the expansion and modernisation of the hospital’s main complex – is PLN 500 million (PLN 350 million this year). The facility will build a new Centre for Innovative Oncology Therapies and modernise the main building, including the operating theatre block and the ICU. The main part of the financing comes from the government Medical Fund.
The expansion of the Regional Specialist Hospital in Włocławek, progressing according to plan, is expected to be completed in spring 2027. The hospital is currently carrying out, among others, installation and finishing works. This year the facility also plans to purchase equipment for oncology diagnostics and therapy, develop the outpatient specialist care segment, and expand IT systems (equipment purchases, IT network upgrades, digitisation of documentation, integration of hospital IT systems with national e-health platforms, and cybersecurity solutions). The total cost of these investments exceeds PLN 300 million (PLN 136 million this year).
The largest investment now being launched by the Regional Integrated Hospital in Toruń is the construction of a complex of specialist outpatient clinics, combined with the purchase of medical equipment and apparatus for outpatient specialist care and one-day therapy (cost: PLN 80 million; including equipment purchases: PLN 111 million). The hospital also intends to adapt the haematology ward premises to the standards necessary for bone marrow transplants – primarily ensuring microbiological safety – and to carry out a comprehensive modernisation of the IT environment. Total investment outlays at WSZ this year amount to nearly PLN 100 million.
The construction of an ultra-modern Organ Diagnostics Centre at the Regional Children’s Hospital in Bydgoszcz (cost: PLN 60 million, including nearly PLN 57 million this year), featuring two MRI units and a flow cytometry laboratory, as well as endoscopy and ultrasound rooms, is expected to be completed by the end of 2026. Equipment purchases are planned for the first months of 2027. Like other Marshal’s Office healthcare facilities, the Children’s Hospital will also carry out a carefully planned expansion of its IT systems. Total investment expenditure at the hospital this year amounts to PLN 76 million.
The continually modernising Mental Health Hospital in Świecie is currently preparing facilities for a future mental health centre, implementing the idea of modern community-based psychiatry. The new segment of the hospital – including a psychiatric day ward and a community care ward – will be located in unused pavilions undergoing a major renovation. This year’s investment plans also include, among others, the construction of a backup water supply source and the purchase of an ambulance. The total cost is PLN 38 million (PLN 26.5 million this year).
The Regional Pulmonology Centre in Bydgoszcz and the Regional Observation and Infectious Diseases Hospital plan mainly procurement investments over the next 12 months. Their value is worth highlighting because, while less spectacular, they can go unnoticed – yet they also demonstrate the scale of our commitment to raising standards in public healthcare in our region. The first of these facilities will spend PLN 15 million on equipment and apparatus for oncology patients; it also plans the renovation and replacement of lifts (PLN 1 million) and costly digital transformation measures (nearly PLN 2.5 million). The second will purchase initial equipment for a newly reopened building (after major renovation) housing the hospital pharmacy as well as administrative and archive facilities (cost: PLN 5.5 million). Total investment outlays this year in these facilities amount to PLN 30.6 million and PLN 6.5 million respectively.
It is also worth noting that next year the regional self-government’s expenditure on health prevention programmes will amount to PLN 1.6 million.
Beata Krzemińska
Spokesperson of the Marshal’s Office
21 January 2026