2023-06-12 21:01:50
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The deputies debate from Monday, June 12 around a bill which aims to encourage doctors to settle in medical deserts. How to fight once morest this shortage? Update with Damien Mascret, doctor and journalist on the set of 19/20.
The shortage of doctors in certain territories is glaring. This is why the deputies are debating from Monday, June 12 to encourage some to fill this gap. However, this is already starting with the number of doctors on French territory. “We have to stop thinking that there are more and more doctors and that it is their poor distribution that explains everything. Overall, it is true that the number of doctors has increased from 215,000 to 234,000 since 2010. But the reality is that if the number of salaried doctors increases, the number of independent doctors, who are not at 35 hours, is over the same period increased from 56,000 to 46,000”says Damien Mascret.
The end of the numerus clausus will not change anything
The end of the numerus clausus will not change much. This makes it possible to go from 8,500 doctors trained per year to 10,300. Therefore, the question arises of forcing doctors to settle in medical deserts. “A false good idea” for the doctor. “We see that the situation is getting worse in the red regions, particularly in the center of France, while it is improving on the coasts, borders and large cities. But it is a problem of territorial attractiveness. If we begin to oblige or prohibit liberal facilities, young doctors will simply choose to get paid. We will just have accelerated the decline of liberal medicine”concludes Damien Mascret, on the set of 19/20.
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