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Reshuffle: Health and Work Together, but what does this have to do with each other?

1/12/2024, 4:57:35 PM

Highlights: Reshuffle: Health and Work Together, but what does this have to do with each other?. The announcement of a super ministry of Labour, Health and Solidarity, with ex-LR Catherine Vautrin at its head, came as a surprise to doctors and doctors. "Is this a sign that health is a very important subject deserving of a major ministry, or that it does not deserve a full-fledged ministry?" asks Agnès Giannotti, president of the main union of liberal general practitioners MG France.


The announcement of a super ministry of Labour, Health and Solidarity, with ex-LR Catherine Vautrin at its head, came as a surprise to doctors and doctors.

Questioning, apprehension and disappointment for some... The announcement, on the evening of Thursday 11 January, of a super ministry including Labour, Health and Solidarity, has left many health actors sceptical who fear the dilution of their subjects, however highly sensitive, in too vast a perimeter.

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Why bring together Health and Work? "Is this a sign that health is a very important subject deserving of a major ministry, or that it does not deserve a full-fledged ministry?" asks Agnès Giannotti, president of the main union of liberal general practitioners MG France.

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