The sending of general doctors in reinforcement in medical deserts, up to two days a month, a measure announced in spring, will be operational from “next week”, the government is on Monday, September 1.
“From next week, this flagship measure will come true and will provide a concrete and immediate response to the French who, too often, are struggling to find a doctor,” said the Ministry of Health in a statement.
The Minister responsible for the health of Yannick Neuder is expected, this Monday, in Landas it details the implementation of this announcement. Questioned by the AFP, Yannick Neuder’s office said the “progressive deployment” of this measure began on Monday.
Compensation of a flat rate of 200 euros per day
The details of this system, desired in April by Prime Minister François Bayrou, were announced at the end of June, as part of a “pact” against medical deserts. The government had detailed 151 intercom called “red areas”, mainly in the center and southwest outside the country’s coast, which would benefit from this measure announced for September.
A total of 2.5 million patients would be affected by these reinforcements, which will currently work on the basis of volunteers against financial counterparts.
“Territorial solidarity is based on the commitment of doctors who will be backed by the Government”, with in particular “compensation of a flat rate of 200 euros per day in addition to the payment of the consultations made,” specifies the ministry.
The prime minister had mentioned a coercive measure in spring, but the government had subsequently returned such a possibility, rejected by many doctors, to the evolution of the “legislative provisions.”
Some deputies, led by the socialist Guillaume Garot, had promoted stricter measures, imposing limitations in the installation of doctors, but aroused an even more marked opposition of the latter.
The elected officials led by Guillaume Garot had criticized in June the measures finally chosen by the Government, lamenting their “optional (Y) character, therefore, random”, and evoking a device that “cannot replace the basic responses.”
Source: BFM TV
