The association of liberal doctors SOS Médecins has decided to call its members to a day of “total cessation of activity”, the date of which will be revealed at the last moment, in order to obtain an increase in the price of home visits. .
"We absolutely want to revalue the visit", blocked for several years at 35 euros, said Dr Jean-Christophe Masseron, president of SOS Médecins France, during a press conference.
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The association is very upset against the last agreement signed at the end of July by the unions of liberal doctors and the Health Insurance, which extends the "long visit" (70 euros) but only for the benefit of treating doctors who come to their own patients .
"This completely excludes our activity", deplores Jean-Christophe Masseron, who claims a minimum price of 57.60 euros (excluding evening and weekend increases), on the model of the urgent visit to nursing homes created at the beginning of the epidemic of Covid-19 and suppressed since.
Very short notice
To win the case, the general assembly of SOS Médecins "has decided to trigger a movement of action and calls for a national day of mobilization with a total cessation of activity throughout the territory", t he announced, adding that this strike “could be renewable”.
The date has not been specified, but "there will be a very short notice", he warned, explaining that he wanted to avoid "the movement being killed in the bud" by early requisitions.
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“Local actions” are also planned, at the initiative of the 63 SOS Médecins associations present in mainland France and overseas. This could result in a "stop of institutional visits" in nursing homes, in custody, at the request of the Samu or for death certificates. At the national level, SOS Médecins also reserves "the possibility of suspending the reporting of data to Public Health France", in particular in the context of monitoring the Covid-19 epidemic. Created in 1966, the association currently brings together 1,300 general practitioners, who carry out around 3 million home visits each year.