The liberal doctors are called to continue this week the strike movement that began the day after Christmas to obtain a revaluation of the consultation, the collective “Doctors of Tomorrow” announced on Monday at the initiative of the mobilization.
After a first movement on December 1 and 2, the collective had requested the closure of medical offices from December 26 to January 2. Health Insurance estimated between 5 and 10% the decrease in the activity of general practitioners last week, the group stated this Monday that it was around 70%.
Whatever the extent of the mobilization, it is possible that some French people, again this week, will find themselves in front of a closed door when they go for an appointment or a free consultation with their treating doctor.
In this case, they have several alternatives at their disposal, to avoid going to the emergency room – overloaded in the midst of a triple epidemic – if their state of health does not necessarily require it.
Substitute, Doctolib, pharmacies…
Various scenarios are available to you depending on your needs. Initially, “if you need to go to your GP to renew your prescription and fill prescriptions that you take regularly, you can go to a pharmacy that knows you well and can help you, given the context,” he said. news.fr Dr. Mélanie Rica-Henri, one of the spokespersons for the collective.
If you are sick and need to see a healthcare professional in the absence of your GP, your first reflex is to call their office. It is possible for a locum doctor, and not a striker, to provide consultations to the regular general practitioner.
If not, you can make an appointment with another GP who is accepting new patients. This solution is possible through health platforms such as Doctolib or Qare. They will often offer teleconsultation.
Regarding the cost of the consultation, plus the fact of not going to your GP, an exception is made taking into account the period. “The doctor who replaces his striking colleague checks the ’emergency’ box on the care sheet to consider that the course of care has been respected,” the Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie (CPAM) told news.fr.
Call 15 before going to the emergency room
However, the alternatives listed above may not be possible in the short term. Always before going to the emergency room, call 15 to contact Samu.
“It is still highly recommended to call 15, before going to the emergency room, to be redirected to the most appropriate solution to your health problem, depending on the place and time,” the Ministry of Health also specified. news.fr.
The Samu can, for example, be oriented towards an unscheduled care center that uses salaried doctors – therefore little affected by the increase in the price of the consultation – who receive patients over long hours.
SOS Médecins, in the affected territories
The federation does not follow the strike movement of the liberal doctors. Thus, the 63 associations deployed in several dozen French departments can make it possible to obtain an appointment thanks to a telephone service accessible 24 hours a day.
However, it will be necessary to be patient, because the terms have been extended with the unemployment and the holiday season, the Capital site specified.
Source: BFM TV
