The threat was already there, formulated at the end of November when the Doctors for Tomorrow collective was preparing to pull off a real tour de force: that of obtaining the closure of 50 to 70% of the practices according to its statements during the movement. from the beginning of December.
On the strength of this success, the collective intends once again to raise its voice and calls for a new cessation of the activity of liberal doctors from December 26, the day after Christmas.
This mobilization, "hard", as they promised as a threat if their demands were not to be heard, is initially planned to last seven days.
It is renewable, assure the representatives of Doctors for tomorrow on social networks.
Tariff revaluation at the heart of concerns
Angry doctors denounce an ever-increasing workload and a very strong deterioration in the conditions of practice of city medicine.
“Two days of strike were not enough to prove that the whole of France needs us, the city doctors!
We suspected it… But we will not stop there this time”, write the representatives of the collective.
Among their main demands: a price increase, whether we are talking about consultations or visits.
They also claim pell-mell an administrative relief, the invoicing of appointments not honored.
They also denounce a lack of resources in the medical deserts as well as the establishment of a fourth year of internship in general medicine, recorded during the vote on the social security financing bill.
It remains to be seen to what extent this call will be followed.
The liberal doctors do not technically go on strike, they simply close their practices.
Under these conditions, a closure of two days or more than seven days does not imply quite the same consequences.
