Europe 1 with AFP 5:36 p.m., April 28, 2022
The "big conference" on health promised by re-elected President Emmanuel Macron does not convince the main union of general practitioners, who does not want "a new big mass" and fears in particular the return of compulsory guards.
The "big conference" on health promised by re-elected President Emmanuel Macron does not convince the main union of general practitioners, who does not want "a new big mass" and fears in particular the return of compulsory guards.
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“We do not need a new high mass (nor) a great health law”, declared Thursday Jacques Battistoni, president of MG France, during a press conference.
"Please, let's not start all over again"
A less than enthusiastic reaction to the large "stakeholder conference" included in the program of the Head of State, which intends to associate caregivers, but also users and local elected officials in decisions on "access to care".
No question of “redoing general states of health and spending months questioning each other”, warned Mr. Battistoni, because “we have already done it many times, we know roughly what is must do".
Medical assistants, advanced practice nurses, financial aid... "OK if it's about refining the toolbox, but please let's not start all over again," he insisted.
The leader of the general practitioners thus intends to avoid conflicting subjects mentioned in the presidential program, such as "wider participation in guards" in the evenings and on weekends, which suggests a return to the obligation abolished twenty years ago.
Result in a care access service project
"The real problem is not finding a doctor on duty, but finding a doctor during the day," he retorted, wishing instead to see the healthcare access service (SAS) project launched under the previous five-year term.