A sector in crisis awaiting answers. Emmanuel Macron is expected on Friday January 6 in a hospital in Essonne to go at the bedside of suffering health professionals. He must present his “wishes to health actors” and speak around 11:45 a.m. “The President of the Republic will give a course to caregivers”to enable them to “find meaning in their profession” and facilitate the“Health care access” of the French, according to the Elysée. He will reveal “very concrete measures, with precise and close review clauses to ensure their execution”, added the presidency, without detailing the content. Follow our live.
A first since coming to power. A sign of the priority given to the crisis which is hitting the hospital but also city medicine, it is the first time since Emmanuel Macron arrived at the Elysée in 2017 that he is dedicating a greeting ceremony specifically to ” health, hospital and liberal players”.
The Inter-Urgences collective “expects nothing more”. “We no longer expect anything from our government, which does not have the will to restore a public service to meet the needs of the population.“, regretted the nurse Pierre Schwob Tellier, member of the Inter-Urgences collective, on franceinfo Friday.
Access to care “particularly difficult” on the territory. UFC-Que Choisir denounces access to care (both geographical and financial) “particularly difficult” for more than 20% of the population. The Minister Delegate for Health Professions, Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, goes even further, repeating in recent months that “87% of the territory is considered a medical desert”.
The “triple epidemic” weakens the health system a little more. The winter “triple epidemic” of bronchiolitis, Covid-19 and influenza struck at the end of the fall on an already bloodless hospital system due to a structural shortage of caregivers. There is a shortage of up to 40% of paramedical staff (nurses and nursing auxiliaries) in certain departments. In the emergency room, most of the “flash mission” measures (filtered access, increased night hours, use of private nurses) implemented during the summer were made permanent, without performing miracles.