Interns in general medicine, so far trained in three years, will in the future have to spend an additional year "in a medical office", which can be paid "up to 4500 euros net per month", announced Monday François Braun. Emmanuel Macron's campaign promise, voted in the last budget of the Social Security, this measure will concern future generalists who will begin their internship in September and therefore their fourth year in autumn 2026. The Minister of Health had commissioned a report in September to specify the modalities, particularly in terms of remuneration. A document finally delivered Monday, a week of the "national ranking tests" that will determine the choices (specialty and city) of the future interns.
This additional year will be "not just another year," assured François Braun in a speech delivered on this occasion. It will include "two six-month internships" carried out (with some exceptions) "in the same medical practice", with participation in the "permanence of care" in the evenings and weekends.
An 'additional indemnity' for medical deserts
In return, interns will benefit from the status of "junior doctor", with a remuneration of 32,000 euros gross per year. They will also keep 20% of the fees for their consultations, in a range of 10 to 30 acts per day. Those who choose to practice in a medical desert "will receive additional compensation," added François Braun, recalling that this reform aims both to "strengthen the specialty of general medicine" and "access to health in the territories". In total, generalists in the last year of internship will be able to pocket "up to 4500 euros net per month", provided they find internship supervisors to welcome them. The minister has set a target of 16,000 practitioners trained by the end of 2026, against 13,000 currently, in order to be "up to the need".