While hospitals lack “weapons”, around 2,000 to 3,000 doctors with “non-EU” diplomas working in France have to give up their jobs? Given this outlook, the government sent a positive signal on Monday, January 22nd. The question has become more and more urgent in recent weeks about the exceptional regime that allowed this “Padhue” until then The acronym applies to practitioners with a foreign diploma outside the European Union − to practice under various statuses after ceasing to practice on December 31, 2023.

On Monday, the new Health Minister Catherine Vautrin made a commitment to this “Enable you to continue working in the coming months”. Of “Guarantees” For “Securing the situation of the Padhue”which concretizes the words of Emmanuel Macron during his press conference on Tuesday January 16th “Regulate a number of foreign doctors who sometimes keep their distance [les] Care services »and whoever remains “in a completely ineffective administrative precarity”.

Around a hundred of these doctors demonstrated in front of the Ministry of Health on Thursday, January 18, to denounce the danger “Mass layoffs”at the call of unions such as the CGT and FO or even the National Union of Padhue (Snpadhue).

The issue is technical, the procedures are complex and the statutes may vary from institution to institution. For those who have not validated the knowledge verification tests (EVC) – the only procedure that currently allows them to practice fully licensed in France – the government is promising a new temporary solution.

You can continue to practice in France until the regulations implementing the law are published. Valletoux law The aim is to improve access to healthcare from December 27, 2023. These are intended to give these Padhue more time to repeat the next tests. Their exact number is not disclosed.

“The equation is impossible”

Apart from these 2,000 to 3,000 doctors who, according to the Padhue unions, are in a worrying situation, the Ministry of Health has also made commitments to the winners of the EVC 2023, i.e. around 2,700 doctors out of almost 6,900 passed candidates. The Tests: You Will Be” retained in their current functions and structures “, For ” ensure continuity of care and do not disrupt hospital operations in areas where tensions are common “. This applies to those who are already practicing domestically.

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