“Let’s stop these announcement effects which are not them”, denounces the French Hospital Federation

“Let’s stop these announcement effects which are not at all, it is truly playing with the nerves of hospital workers and those involved in the world of health”commented Monday January 15 on franceinfo Arnaud Robinet, president of the French Hospital Federation and Horizons mayor of Reims.

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced on Saturday during a trip to the Dijon University Hospital (Côte-d’Or), “32 billion additional euros” for the health system. Except that these 32 billion euros are not new. They “were voted on as part of the public finance programming law in December”explained Arnaud Robinet. “Given the situation of our health system, we cannot play with hospital workers and all the players in the world of health”he denounced.

400 million euros in savings requested from the hospital

“Today, the situation is as follows following the financing of the Social Security plan voted last December, in 2024, we are asking for 400 million of euros saved at the public hospital”, specified the president of the French Hospital Federation. Arnaud Robinet requests a “five-year programming law, as we do for National Defense where we give ourselves objectives, we give ourselves the means, give-and-take, win-win with all the players in the world of health” . According to him, “the situation is extremely serious. It is even urgent.”