the cap on call duty for interim doctors will come into effect

A temporary doctor comes to work three times a month at the emergency medical service in Arras (Pas-de-Calais). “I work 100% in another establishment, I am an employee, I do that in addition“, explains Arnaud Chiche, doctor. Some temporary workers can receive up to 5,000 euros per day, for guards. The government wishes to regulate the guards of temporary workers by capping them at 1,390 euros gross from April 3.

A hundred services could close

After seven years of acting, Arnaud Chiche, who earns an average of 2,000 euros per month thanks to his guards, wonders if he will continue. “We are talking about doctors who have very important responsibilities (…) I find it audible to say that doctors deserve 50 euros per hour rather than 30 euros per hour“, he estimates. The interim costs 1.5 billion euros per year, which is considered too expensive by a director of the establishment. According to the unions, 107 hospital services could close if the temporary workers no longer come The savings made should be reinjected into the public hospital.