Should doctors be forced to settle in medical deserts? The Franceinfo Talk debate

2023-06-20 16:57:51

Posted on 06/19/2023 15:19 Updated on 06/20/2023 18:57

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While the idea of ​​regulating the profession has managed to make its way into public debate, the National Assembly has nevertheless just rejected the amendment to this effect in the latest law on the health system. Should doctors be forced to settle in medical deserts? This is the subject of Talk franceinfo. Every evening from 6 p.m., Manon Mella and her guests debate with Internet users on the franceinfo Twitch channel.

30.2% of the French population lives in a medical desert. That’s regarding 22 million people. What to do, as the population ages more and more and health needs increase? How to encourage practitioners to practice in medical deserts?

Manon Mella receives Sebastien Grob et Magrot Brunet, both journalists for Marianne, in the Talk to discuss it.

What public policy for access to care?

Last week, the National Assembly adopted at first reading a bill, the Valletoux law, to fight once morest medical deserts. Several solutions are envisaged to improve access to care, but the law does not provide for the regulation of doctors’ facilities: the transpartisan amendment which went in this direction was rejected. The majority believe that forcing doctors to settle in “deserts” is a “false solution”.

How to explain that certain territories are completely devoid of doctors, including certain cities? What avenues are being considered? What solutions are already emerging from the field? Should the installation of doctors be regulated and if so, how?

Join us from 6 p.m. Monday to Friday on the franceinfo Twitch channel to participate in Manon Mella’s Talk. An hour of exchange, clarification, debate around topical and social issues.

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