The measure is demanded by the unions and promised by the government: the sending to liberal doctors of the list of their patients not vaccinated against Covid-19.

But it comes up against the “very serious reluctance” of the Cnil, whose green light is long overdue.

It had to be a simple formality: the draft decree was on the agenda of the National Commission for Informatics and Freedoms (Cnil) Thursday, and Olivier Véran was certain that doctors would very quickly have the long-awaited lists.

"They will have it, I tell you, I sincerely hope it, I ask the CNIL to leave me (this) possibility", even said the Minister of Health Tuesday on France Info.

"The very serious reservations of the Cnil"

But the independent authority seems less impatient.

"We do not have the answer, we are not sure that it is authorized," a union official told AFP after the ministry's usual update on the vaccine campaign on Friday.

A second source confirms "the very serious reluctance of the CNIL", which wonders both about "the cross-referencing of files containing personal and medical data" and on "the lack of prior agreement of the vaccinated persons" so that Health Insurance transmits this information to their attending physician.

"We hope that they will move, but it is not won", worries this doctor, "not at all sure that Matignon will go against" the legal risk, despite the growing threat of a fourth epidemic wave .

One of his colleagues "believed that it would be validated", but noted that "things take longer to be done", although he "does not see how there is a breach of medical confidentiality".

"Open a dialogue with our patients"

Without resigning himself, he adds that "we should not be fixated on this list affair", because "the idea is to open a dialogue with our patients, there are other tools for that" .

However, it was tailor-made to identify hesitant and recalcitrant, in order to reach the official target of 85% vaccinated by the end of August among adults with “co-morbidities” or over 50 years of age.

Contacted, Véran's office assures Sunday to be "in close contact with the CNIL and (to have) constructive discussions with it to be able to quickly allow doctors to have the vaccination data of their patients, because it is a major element for further accelerate vaccination in France ”.

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