Salary 150 doctors by 2025. This is the radical solution that will be undertaken by the Center-Val-de-Loire region to address the problem of medical desertification. "A national first for a region," said Tuesday to AFP its president, François Bonneau (PS).
"This is not at the heart of our skills but I consider that access to care for all inhabitants is a top priority.If we do not solve this, we will not solve the economic development," said the elected who was speaking on the sidelines of a special session of the regional council on the theme of health.
30 health centers announced
"The measure will be progressive, up to 30 posts created each year until 2025," he said.
The project consists of creating thirty health centers spread across the region where doctors would be directly paid by the region. This system is complementary to multi-disciplinary health centers, financed mainly by municipalities and intercommunalities.
"We are telling these young doctors, who are more and more interested in salaried workers, come as liberals, come as employees, we offer you one or the other of the systems. will help you for the employment of the spouse, for the nursery if necessary ", assures the president of region.
"A deficit of 10 to 15,000 euros per year and per doctor"
According to François Bonneau, "the region will recover the amount of consultations paid by social security.There may be a deficit of 10 to 15 000 euros per year per doctor.If this is the price to pay for a fair development of territory, you have to pay it. "
The doctors will be paid according to the grids of the territorial public service. Some may have mixed exercises, both public and private.
An existing device in municipalities
The Center-Val-de-Loire region is one of the weakest endowed with doctors, unlike the Ile-de-France or Provence-Alpes-Côtes-d'Azur which occupy the top of the table.
Municipalities or departments already pay doctors in areas in tension. But this is the first time a region has decided.