The 32 French university hospitals (CHU) would have reached a cumulative deficit of 1.2 billion euros at the end of 2023, three times more than in 2022, the representative bodies made up of directors, deans and doctors warned on Monday, January 29th and demanded “Emergency measures”.
These latest figures show to what extent “The deterioration was profound and rapid”after the deficit of 402 million euros at the end of 2022, the presidents of the conferences of general directors of the CHU, the deans of the medical faculties and the presidents of the established medical commissions write in a press release. “The self-financing ability of the CHUs and thus investments have fallen by 86%”, you carry on. These difficulties are “Perhaps the most serious since the university hospitals were founded in 1958”.
degradation “is associated with several external factors”, including an explosion in expenditure due to inflation (with a remaining liability for CHUs of 585 million euros in 2023), lack of funding for Ségur de la santé measures and a drop in revenue due to bed closures following the Covid-19 epidemic, explain the presidents. These numbers “Put a heavy burden on the hope of improvement”They believe this has been observed recently in relation to the attractiveness of professions and the loyalty of nurses.
“Still significant fluctuation among nursing staff”
The university hospitals felt it “a slight improvement in absenteeism”despite a “Still high turnover among nursing staff”. Even though beds have been reopened in recent months, several sectors are in great difficulty, such as geriatrics, pediatrics and psychiatry, explains Rémi Salomon, who represents the doctors, in the press release.
In addition, there are the university hospitals “Indicted for a triple mission” care, training and research “healthy and solid finances”, the presidents are still watching. In their opinion, the current situation will lead to this “An extension of suppliers’ payment terms and a profound weakening of Ségur’s investment activity at a time when obtaining credit is more difficult and costly.”. “In the short term, there is still time to prevent the worst.”they plead.
Mayors asked to speak to Gabriel Attal
They are calling on the authorities to do so “Compensate for inflation” high in 2023 and “Return to public hospitals” the portion of the national target for Medicare spending that is set aside for hospitals but has not actually been used. An amount they estimate at 800 million euros. They finally demand “Long-term financing strategy”.
In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, numerous mayors of large cities, including Anne Hidalgo (Paris), Grégory Doucet (Lyon), Pierre Hurmic (Bordeaux) and Martine Aubry (Lille), who are also chairmen of the supervisory boards of the university hospitals in their municipalities, wrote, applied on Monday a ” Meeting “ can “present proposals” In the government.
Public hospitals, all institutions combined – from university hospitals to small local hospitals – are demanding 1.8 billion euros in additional funding from the government for 2023, including 1.1 billion euros for inflation, according to figures published on Monday by the French Hospital Association emerges.
