Is there a Healthcare pilot project, this sector has been declared a priority for the five-year term? In hospitals as well as among private doctors, an observation comes up again: “It is swimming. “ Catherine Vautrin was appointed on January 11 to head a large ministry combining health, work and solidarity, but her words are still rare. And it will remain that way as far as the health roadmap is concerned, until Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s general policy speech on January 30th, as those around him know. The name of a delegated minister for whom Agnès Pannier-Runacher is responsible will also be announced on this day is expected.
However, on two points, Emmanuel Macron’s positions during his press conference on January 16 urged the minister to increase the pace: the number of medical licenses and the retention of doctors with “foreign diplomas”, as Emmanuel Macron has committed himself to.
This Monday, January 22nd, MMe Vautrin recorded this Doubling the medical deductible, which the government has been hesitating about for more than six months. The increase in these amounts not reimbursed to patients will take place at the end of March on boxes with medication and paramedical procedures (from 0.50 euros to 1 euro) and on medical transport (from 2 to 4 euros). The amount charged for medical consultations, medical-biological examinations and analyzes will increase to 2 euros from June. This controversial measure, which affects the purchasing power of the French, is met with resistance from patients and carers and is expected to save 800 million euros.
Attal’s “misstep”
The second topic on which the Ministry of Health wanted to communicate on Monday concerns practitioners with foreign diplomas outside the European Union – the “Padhue”. Time is of the essence while about 2,000 to 3,000 of them, according to union figures, cannot find an administrative solution for failing to validate the now-mandatory knowledge verification tests in December. Even if they have been working in the hospital under different statuses for several years.
The government has assured this “will empower them to continue working in the coming months,” until the publication of the implementing texts of the “Valletoux” law of December 27, 2023, which itself provides for the issuance of temporary practice certificates before these doctors can take the tests again. Which only ” move “ The problem, their union responded.
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