the staff shortage is here to stay

Asked about the declaration of François Braun, the Minister of Health, according to which there was no closure of emergency services, the emergency doctor Agnès Ricard-Hibon replied that certain services were indeed obliged to close the night and remember that “the flash mission he carried out before becoming minister was precisely made to respond to the problems and alerts” of these services. She also mentions a “shortage of personnel” and assures that “the situation will only improve in 15 years with the numerus clausus“.

Measures for better remuneration of staff, especially at night, “will take a little time to set in and be felt. It is absolutely essential to value the arduousness of night“, continues the doctor. These emergency measures undertaken to allow the emergency services to spend the summer “will have to be protected and consolidated for the future“.