Arnaud Robinet, Mayor (Horizons) of Reims, President of the French Hospital Federation, was the guest of the “8:30 a.m. franceinfo”, Sunday March 12. Pension reform, interim doctors, non-vaccinated caregivers … He answers questions from Lorrain Sénéchal and Hadrien Bect.
Pensions: “It’s much too late to launch a referendum on the subject”
“It is much too late to launch a referendum on the subject”, reacts Arnaud Robinet. On Saturday March 11, the unions called on President Emmanuel Macron to “consult the people” on pension reform. If the mayor of Reims is not there “not favorable”, it’s because we “answers with a yes or a no and that to the question ‘do you want to work longer?’, naturally our fellow citizens would answer no”he adds. “You have to be lucid”.
“This reform is necessary”judges the mayor of Reims, “but the question we can ask ourselves is about the form”he nuances. “Were all the ‘forms’ put in the framework of the negotiation, in the context of the exchanges with the social partners? The answer is that there were some hiccups” especially in terms of communication, according to the elected Horizons.
Pensions: “In 2027, we will talk about a reform again”
Arnaud Robinet recalls that in 2019, during the previous pension reform project of a universal point-based scheme led by Édouard Philippe, “there had been support from the CFDT”. Today, the support of the former Prime Minister ensures that systemic reform is “best answer” to back up the PAYG system.
“When the reform was carried out by E. Philippe, for the points system, there was support from the CFDT,” said the mayor of Reims. “We should have gone further. introduce a share of capitalization?” “In 2027, we will talk about a reform again” pic.twitter.com/PHqRUrVt6K
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But the mayor of Reims believes that the text adopted this Saturday, March 11 by the Senate does not go far enough, wishes “personally” open the debate on “question of capitalization” For “empowering our fellow citizens”. “I think that in 2027, we will talk again about a pension reform”predicts Arnaud Robinet.
Regulation of temporary work in hospitals: the FHF calls for the requisitioning of staff
Arnaud Robinet reaffirms his “support” the application of the Rist Law which aims, in particular, to cap the remuneration of temporary doctors from April 3. The president of the French Hospital Federation (FHF) denounces “unacceptable excesses” the use of temporary workers, “paid between 2,000 and 5,000 euros per day”while “in the same team of doctors, hospital practitioners, are paid twice as much”.
Arnaud Robinet recognizes that the establishments will meet “difficulties” in the application of this law. “We hope that this period will be as short as possible” he continues. For this, the President of the French Hospital Federation (FHF) is asking the Regional Health Agencies to “take full possession of the subject”, to inform elected officials. Above all, he calls for the possibility for the prefects to “requisition the staff when the time comes and in particular the temporary workers”.
Unvaccinated caregivers: their reintegration “will not change much in terms of staff”
The High Authority for Health (HAS), whose opinion is normally followed by the government, paved the way at the end of February for the end of compulsory anti-Covid vaccination among caregivers, and will issue its final opinion by the end of March. For Arnaud Robinet, this “will not change much in terms of staffing. 98% of hospital workers are vaccinated and have complied with this obligation.”
Return of non-vaccinated caregivers? ➡️ “When you are hospitable, you have obligations. This represents a very small number, 99% of hospital workers are vaccinated. It is on a political question”, pleads Arnaud Robinet. “We cannot have 2-speed caregivers” pic.twitter.com/jEUfu2Xq7L
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For the president of the French Hospital Federation, this is a political and health issue, before being a question of staff availability. “That is to say that you are in a team and you do not have the same obligations or the same status”believes Arnaud Robinet. “In a way, you were forced to get vaccinated, you did it out of responsibility. And then we’ll tell you ‘now it doesn’t matter, your colleagues who are not vaccinated, they will be reinstated “he explains, fearing resentment on the part of vaccinated caregivers.
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