Air Liquide announced on Wednesday a project to restructure its Home Health activity in France, which in particular supplies medical gases, respirators and masks, to adapt it to market conditions, at the cost of 430 job cuts. “This project intends to be in line with the needs and expectations of patients and health professionals and adapt their business model to face the challenges of the health system,” the group said in a press release.
The home care model in France is, according to Air Liquide, threatened by several factors: the continued erosion of reimbursement prices, an increase in costs linked to the regulatory framework, the adoption of new, more expensive technologies, as well as the acceleration of the inflationary environment.
A restructuring accompanied by a “technological investment plan”
The management, which says it “resolutely believes in this activity and in its businesses”, presented this Wednesday to the social partners a “transformation project”, aimed at reorganizing one of the Group’s main home care entities, Pharma Dom, “to simplify its portfolio brand and consolidate some of its locations,” the statement said. This project, not detailed by Air Liquide, would mean the elimination of 430 positions, according to the press release.
The management plans to support this restructuring with “a technological investment plan (…) in order to optimize processes and facilitate the daily work of the teams in supporting patients and the relationship with health professionals”.
Source: BFM TV
