French government calls on doctors to help out in 'medical deserts'

After the announcement of the plan to combat medical deserts by the Prime Minister last Friday, the Minister of Labour and Health Catherine Vautrin said yesterday evening on TF1 that these measures will be effective no later than September 2025. "We will not oblige the installation but we ask for solidarity for the time that we train better," she said.Does it have to force doctors to consult a few days a year in the medical deserts? Would you go…

In the face of the crisis of access to health care, the government plans to impose on liberal doctors up to two days a month in the medical deserts. A bad idea, according to Jérôme Marty, general practitioner and doctor of medical...

François Bayrou has opened a new project to improve access to health care by asking generalists and specialists to carry out two days a month off-site consultations in the remaining territories.

The Prime Minister, in turn, excludes any restrictions on the place of installation of doctors, but those located in the above-mentioned areas will have to work in "red" zones one to two days a month. A period of two years is left to comply with this plan.

The Prime Minister wants doctors from all over France to go to work two days a month in areas where there is a shortage of healthcare professionals.

François Bayrou announced this Friday, April 25th his plan to combat medical deserts. "Liberation" takes stock of the flagship measure: to require all doctors to practice two days a month in an underserved area.