For health, “we are asking for a real five-year programming law like what we did for defence”pleaded Saturday April 29 on franceinfo Arnaud Robinet, mayor Horizons of Reims, president of the Hospital Federation of France, a law “which gives means and objectives”, he continued. He also finds the internal strike “legitimate” and asks for more financial means, especially for emergencies. Here’s what to remember from his interview. He answered questions from Céline Asselot and Neila Latrous.
Health, a “real programming law”
“Health is managed urgently. We are asking for a real five-year programming law, like what we did for defence”said Arnaud Robinet, when at the start of the year Emmanuel Macron announced that he wanted the health sector to emerge from the crisis. “We need more resources. The health sector needs investments for the public hospital, negotiations with liberal medicinehe lists. We will have a strong hospital if we have strong city medicine. We must accompany the city doctors.”
Arnaud Robinet says he discussed the subject with François Braun, the Minister of Health, “and basically, he is not opposed” to a health programming law.
“Bercy, the Elysée, Matignon must agree, but we will force towards this objective.”
Arnaud Robinet, President of the French Hospital Federationat franceinfo
Intern strike, a “legitimate” movement
Interns are asking for better supervision of their working time and better remuneration. They went on strike on Friday. “Their movement is completely legitimate“, reacted Arnaud Robinet.
Their salary” is not normal. They have an essential role in the functioning of our hospitals. We see in what conditions they work today and sometimes there is mistreatment, it’s a question of management and we have to work on it.“The interns are asking for a significant salary increase of 300 euros gross per month. “We owe a lot to interns who go beyond legal working hours”, recognizes the boss of the FHF. Before warning: “We are asking more of hospital workers, in particular, of interns, and at some point we will have to put the kibosh, it is about the health safety of patients, but also the health of our caregivers.”
Interim doctors: “The Rist law is a necessity”
The government has decided to strictly apply the law governing the remuneration of temporary doctors in the public sector, capped at 1,390 euros gross for a 24-hour call. The disgruntled temporary workers said they would no longer work in hospitals. For now, “more than half of services are functioning normally” despite this call, said Arnaud Robinet.
“The Rist law is a necessity. The interim is almost 2 billion euros per year for the public hospital. public hospital.” Arnaud Robinet highlighted the fact that in the same service there are “hospital agents who have shown loyalty to the public hospital for years and who have, for 24 hours, in the same team, a doctor who is paid two to three times more than them”.
Decongestion of emergency rooms by 2024
“I say chick, let’s go, put the means“, replied Arnaud Robinet to Emmanuel Macron who promised to ” unclog all emergency services“by the end of 2024. “The number of emergency patients has increased by more than 20% over the past 10 years. There are experiments, in particular through these SAS (care access service) which have shown a 20% reduction in emergency room admissions We have the possibility to do it, so chick, let’s go.“
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