How to deal with missed medical appointments?
The French Union for Free Medicine (UFML), one of the main unions of general practitioners, may have a solution:
"A financial penalty
", according to the proposal of Jérôme Marty, president of the UFML on Friday in
Le Parisien
.
According to him, it is necessary to
"hit the wallet".
“
We know that many French people cannot afford to pay for a consultation that is not honored.
This is why we want this sanction to be symbolic, of 1, 2 or 3 euros
”, explains the general practitioner.
Who adds: for several years,
"no more general practitioner accepts new patients"
because of the proliferation of "
rabbits
”.
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If a lot of slots are taken, it is because patients take several appointments to be sure of knowing one without necessarily canceling those to which they will not go.
With the amount collected, Jérôme Marty wants the money
"to go to a fund that would be created in favor of medical deserts."
:
“It would be used to buy equipment and set up medical houses”
.
If he puts this proposal in the debate, it is up to the politicians, according to him, to make a decision to solve this problem.
On its website, the union offers general practitioners a poster to put up in their offices to prevent this phenomenon.
While the appointment-making platforms had been quite effective during the vaccination campaign against Covid-19, the president of the UFML also raised his voice against them: the
"platforms have created a consumerism of the care.
I don't mind that we forget, but the platforms send reminder messages.
Just notify the secretary or the doctor.
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