The recent report of the Scientific Council on the closures of beds in hospitals does not pass.
After Olivier Véran, who contested the figure of 20% of closed beds, it is the turn of the CHUs to express their dissatisfaction.
In a press release published this Friday, the Conferences of Directors General and Presidents of Establishment Medical Commissions (CMEs) of CHUs say they regret "
the too rapid analyzes which weaken confidence in the public hospital and the professionals who make it work
" .
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Admittedly, the two organizations "
note a real tension in the establishments (...) after 18 months of management of an unprecedented crisis
", as well as "
real difficulties to resume the activity deprogrammed for several months, in a real context and general lassitude and fatigue of the teams
”.
But they call for avoiding simplistic reasoning.
On bed closures, the CHUs say they observe significant differences between establishments. “
The realities of Ile-de-France, which are due to many factors, have forced the closure of 14 to 18% of beds. In other regions, hospital bed closure rates vary between 1% and 12%,
”say the two organizations. So less than the figure of 20% reported by the Scientific Council in an opinion dated October 5, based on "
consistent data collected from major hospital structures in the country in the largest French regions
", and highlighted by the newspaper
Liberation
Wednesday.
The same day, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran mentioned a rate of 5%, the latest rise in a survey currently conducted by the government on a sample of 16 CHUs.
Stable activity in 2021
In addition to being less important than announced by the body chaired by Jean-François Delfraissy, these bed closures "
do not lead to a proportional decrease in activity because the teams are redoubling their measures, commensurate with the resources they are taking. have
", underline the CHUs.
In 2021, the 32 CHUs in France observed "
a stability in their activity, marked by a 7% decline in conventional activity in favor of a 7% increase in outpatient activity
".
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Likewise, on the increase in work stoppages, "
the overall volume of which increased by around 2 points between 2019 and 2021
", the analysis of this phenomenon "
implies caution and decline due to the diversity and sometimes the age of the triggers
”, indicate the CHUs, in a press release in the form of a firm focus.
"
Certain shortcuts currently adopted give the public hospital an image of a foil that it has already suffered too much
", tackle the two assemblies.
In conclusion, they launch an appeal: "
the hospital must continue to be supported
".