A “unitary rally” is also planned for that day, “in front of the Senate”, in Paris, to express the anger of the profession.
Engaged in tense negotiations with Medicare, liberal doctors continue their mobilization. In a letter addressed to Elisabeth Borne made public this Friday and sent to the Figarothe inter-union – which notably brings together the Federation of Doctors of France, MG France, the Union of Liberal Doctors or the Confederation of Medical Unions – calls on professionals to close their practices “February 14th” next.
Gathered as an inter-union on Tuesday, the organizations identified “blocking decisions“, which will lead to a failure of the negotiations in progress with the Health insurance. The ondam – the national objective of health insurance expenditure – is thus judged “well below inflation“, and he will not allow “the implementation of essential changes in response to the healthcare needs of all French people», protest the professionals. Representatives are also indignant at “new constraints conditioning the re-leveling of tariffs“, and therefore call to unlock a “additional financial envelope […] to achieve the objectives set by the Minister of Health and Prevention», Francois Braun.
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Several measures will therefore be put in place to put pressure on the government and obtain progress. The letter quotes as follows:the PDSA strike– the permanence of outpatient care -, the administrative strike, as well as the “targeted closure of medical practices and restrictions on opening hours in the evening and on Saturday mornings“. In addition, organizations, which expect “looking forwardthe Prime Minister’s response, calling on doctors to close their practices on February 14. One “unitary gathering“is also planned, that day, “before the Senate“, in Paris, to allow professionals to express “their anger“.
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Tired by three years of pandemic and eager to obtain more resources, the white coats have been engaged in a standoff with the government for many weeks. Their mobilization culminated at the end of last year with several days of strikes and demonstrations. Objective: to improve their working conditions, and to obtain an increase in the minimum consultation rate. This social movement is however poorly perceived by some of the institutional actors, while France remains marked by the Covid-19 epidemic, as well as by the flu. In early January, the head of Medicare, Thomas Fatôme, had thus judged the mobilization “incomprehensible in the period of epidemics that we know“. For their part, the strikers underline their daily difficulties, and loudly call on the executive to respond to their demands.
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