A small administrative relief for doctors with a foreign diploma who were at risk of losing their jobs if they failed a competition this year. The government will extend their work permits and allow competition winners to remain in their current jobs, the government announced on Monday, January 22.
In a press release, the Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity, Catherine Vautrin, explains that at the request of the President of the Republic “Securing the situation of padhue (doctors with qualifications outside the European Union), doctors who have become essential to our health system.”. Doctors who did not pass the competition “will not be left without a solution: the government will allow them to continue working in the coming months”specifies Catherine Vautrin.
These doctors, who have often worked in French healthcare institutions for several years, had to pass a selection competition this year called “ “Knowledge Check Tests” (EVC) to continue practicing. There was a derogatory rule that previously allowed institutions to hire non-awardees of varying levels of precarious status “extinct” will resign on December 31, 2023, so that it is no longer possible to remain in office.
Limited number of places
But the limited number of places in this competition, with 2,700 positions for several thousand candidates, some of whom go abroad, left many of them in the lurch. Some have even found themselves ” illegal immigrant “because their residence permit is often linked to work.
The heads of service and hospital unions had also denounced the planned territorial distribution of the winners of the competition, the allocation of which would be carried out by the state services, believing that this would deprive many services of part of their resources.
The extension of the work permit for doctors with a foreign diploma will cost up to €5.00 “the publication of the implementing texts of the law of December 27, 2023, which aims to improve access to healthcare through the territorial commitment of professionals.” [dite loi Valletoux]which will enable the issuance of provisional certificates of practice until a new adoption of the EVC in 2024.”states the minister.
Emergency situation
“The situation of the almost 2,700 winning candidates” she is too “clarified” : “To ensure continuity of care and not disrupt services (…)“The winners who are already operating on the national territory will remain in their current functions and structures.”she assures. “The other winners will determine their positions in the coming weeks. »
“Our healthcare system suffers from a lack of human resources. We cannot do without these thousands of women and men who help ensure care.”explained Catherine Vautrin to Agence France-Presse.
“It is time, it is a first element of the response to this emergency situation, which was unacceptable.”, reacted the Secretary General of the CGT, Sophie Binet. But points “There remains a solution”their duration ” too short “ Residence permits. For those who see themselves extended until EVC 2024, “If it’s about repeating the same competition, it’s pointless”she added, believing it was a competition “too academic” And “Discriminatory for doctors who work 60 hours a week”.
