The deputy (Horizons) Frédéric Valletoux, rapporteur of a bill on access to care that will be debated next week in the Assembly, "does not wish" to touch the freedom of installation of doctors, but admits that the subject divides, including within the majority. The debate in the hemicycle, scheduled from Monday, promises to be lively, with many amendments on the "regulation" of the facilities of liberal doctors. And according to the rapporteur of the text, the games are not done.
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On regulation, I do not want it to pass, but today I would not bet a euro, on the contrary I do not know, "said Mr. Valletoux during a meeting with the Association of Journalists of Social Information (AJIS). Faced with a "unanimous" left to reinforce the constraints on doctors, on the right "the LR are quite divided on the issue", just like the majority.
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Here too there are people who are for regulation and others against, "acknowledged the former president of the Hospital Federation of France (FHF), customary of the passes of arms with the liberals but who considers himself today as "a moderate in the National Assembly". Even on the far right, where "the RN should normally be against", some elected officials "came to see me telling me that they ended up being in favor of this measure," he added.
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Requisition of liberal specialists
Sign that "the state of exasperation is very strong" among these parliamentarians who have "the impression that the (medical) profession has absolutely not accompanied the evolutions of society" and that their unions "do not understand the immense suffering that the French live". However, this bill "is not the miracle cure, neither against medical deserts, nor to solve the problem of access to care," warned the deputy of Seine-et-Marne.
The text adopted last Wednesday in committee tightens the screws a little on caregivers, in particular by prohibiting temporary work at the beginning of their careers for future graduates. Without specifying a duration, which "can be different depending on the trades", even if "I think that the minimum is two or three years", he said.
Private clinics and their doctors are also targeted, to participate more in night and weekend shifts. Frédéric Valletoux is also preparing an amendment to allow regional health agencies (ARS) to "requisition liberal specialists" as a "last resort" if "no one is willing" to ensure the "permanence of care".
