The checks carried out in nearly 600 nursing homes following the Orpea scandal led to three referrals to justice, Solidarity Minister Jean-Christophe Combe told the National Assembly on Tuesday.
To date, nearly 600 establishments have been inspected. These checks gave rise to more than 1,000 recommendations, 642 prescriptions, 193 injunctions and three referrals to the prosecutor. This is already an extremely important result, underlined the minister during the examination of the 2023 draft budget of the Scu.
Last March, the government announced that the 7,500 nursing homes in France would all be checked within two years, and forced to be more transparent about their services and their use of public funds.
This announcement followed the publication of the investigative book Les Fossoyeurs, in which journalist Victor Castanet accused the private group Orpea of having set up a system to optimize its profits to the detriment of the well-being of residents and employees.
Before this mission launched in March, the establishments were checked every 20 to 30 years, noted Mr. Combe.
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More than 500 agents are currently mobilized: it starts with a simple control, on the spot then if necessary an additional investigation on the spot is carried out, before a possible classic control inspection, he detailed.
About 10% of Ehpad will be the subject of these in-depth inspections, making it possible to put an end to certain practices in the establishments, according to the minister.
The Social Security funding bill plans to complete the requirements on transparency and financial regulation of medico-social establishments and services.