As the culmination of a contested strike, a national demonstration: the liberal doctors are called to take to the streets on Thursday in Paris to obtain a revaluation of the consultation and an improvement in their practice conditions.
“We call on patients to join us: they are the ones who are concerned about the abandonment of medicine in the city by the State”, underlines the founder of “Doctors for Tomorrow”, Christelle Audigier.
After a first strike at the beginning of December, this collective launched on Facebook (16,000 members) called for the closure of medical offices after Christmas, a movement that lasted until January 8. He says that 70% of general practitioners were on strike last week, Health Insurance estimates the drop in activity by 10%.
The move has been heavily criticized by the government, with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne calling it “really not responsible” because it has increased “tensions in the hospital” in times of winter epidemics.
They want better pay
The central revendication of the collectif demeures the doublement of the consultation base fee (from 25 to 50 euros) to create a “choc d’attractivité” vers une médecine de ville en manque de bras, écrasée par les tâches administratives et qui ne séduit plus Young.
“Doctors of tomorrow” presented its own proposals to fight against medical deserts, advocating “ephemeral practices” in low-income areas and incentives for the installation of young practitioners.
The director of the Health Insurance, Thomas Fatôme, assures that the general practitioners will be well updated within the framework of the conventional negotiation that must resume “from the beginning of next week” to be completed before the end of February.
But an amount of “50 euros would be relatively extravagant,” he says, noting that several major doctors’ unions, such as MG France, CSMF and Avenir Spé, do not make this claim.
This is also the case for the young general practitioners of ReAGJIR. If “it shares the fed up of the profession in the face of the cruel lack of resources in health and the deterioration of the situation”, this union considers that doubling the price of the consultation “is not wise” at this time, when many French are already experiencing great financial and access to care difficulties.
Source: BFM TV
