The five hospital federations called on Monday, in an open letter, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to obtain 1.5 billion euros additional to the credits allocated to hospitals in the 2024 draft budget “to compensate for the effects of inflation”.
The 2024 social security finance bill, by not integrating any additional funding to compensate for inflation, is in fact a major savings plan, deplore the signatories of this letter.
The heads of the French Hospital Federation (FHF which brings together public hospitals), the Federation of Private Hospitalization (FHP), the Federation of Solidarity Private Hospitals and Personal Care Establishments (FEHAP), Unicancer and of the National Federation of Home Hospitalization Establishments (Fnehad) are demanding 1.5 billion euros to compensate for the effects of inflation.
They alert the government to the fact that a new health savings plan would be untenable.
Throughout France, our establishments are facing great difficulties in the face of this increase in costs which threatens the healthcare supply in our country, warn the five federations, which highlight, for example, increases of 300% to 400% in bills. electricity for certain establishments from 2023.
A further deterioration in the financial situation of establishments would have immediate repercussions on their investment capacities, even in their cash flow, impacting their payment capacities. The concrete effects for health professionals and patients will be long-lasting, observe these federations bringing together some 3,000 establishments.
Our country must move away from an accounting and short-term vision of health: supporting health is never a cost, affirm the five federations.
According to figures from the FHF, the hospital envelope for PLFSS 2024 is currently estimated at 102.5 billion.