It's an amazing contrast. While a quarter of doctors took to the streets on November 14 to denounce the crisis that is shaking the public hospital, the morale of the liberal doctors is getting better and better. This is what an Ipsos study found for the CMV Mediforce Observatory, which even states that the morale of liberal practitioners is at its highest since 2011.
65% would recommend liberal medicine to a young person who starts
If the doctors found the smile, it is mainly because they have the feeling that the administrative load and the budgetary constraints are less strong than formerly, explains this study for which 484 liberal professionals of all the specialties were questioned. If more than one in ten say they feel useful for their patients and proud to practice their trades, 65% of them would even recommend liberal medicine to a young person who starts. A motivated choice for two reasons: the freedom and interest of the job.
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More specifically, the study commissioned by the Observatory of the liberal professions of health points to a rise of the morale of the liberal doctors since 2014. A date which does not have anything at random, since it is that year that the former minister of health. Health Marisol Touraine had launched the generalization of third-party payment. An announcement that had been coldly received by these health professionals, frustrated with having to sacrifice their patients for paperwork. But "these years of conflict are last us", a practitioner. A situation calmed, "even if there are still misunderstandings", nuance he.