Better recognition and better protection of health professionals is at the heart of the project to overhaul our health system, announced by the President of the Republic on the occasion of his greetings to caregivers on January 6th. Improving the working conditions of health professionals is at the heart of the concerns of François Braun, Minister of Health and Prevention, and Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, Minister Delegate in charge of Territorial Organization and Health Professions. Health. As such, Agnès Firmin Le Bodo is working on the implementation of an action plan with the aim of better protecting those who care for us.
37% of hospital health professionals say they regularly suffer physical attacks. This figure rises to 84% for caregivers according to the MNH-Odoxa 2022 barometer. The National Observatory of Violence in the Health Environment (ONVS) identified 19,328 reports of attacks on persons or property in 2021 and 34,550 professionals victims of this violence.
All forms of violence, whether physical or verbal, committed once morest health professionals greatly damage the image of the care professions and weigh very heavily on the conditions of practice of caregivers as well as on their state of health. health.
On November 21, Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, Minister Delegate in charge of Territorial Organization and Health Professions, announced the launch of a consultation on the safety of caregivers on the sidelines of a trip to Chambéry. On January 30, 2023, she commissioned Nathalie Nionsenior health officer of the AP-HP, and Doctor Jean-Christophe Masseron to be the guarantors of the good conduct of this consultation (known as “qualified personalities”). It is essential to rely on health professionals as well as on all the stakeholders and actors involved in the safety of caregivers to think of effective measures that correspond to their expectations and their daily constraints. A particular attention will be paid to the protection of caregivers working outside health establishments and to the support of victims.
The consultation will take place during the first half of 2023. It will be punctuated around several key sequences and will end in May. The first plenary meeting of the consultation will be held on February 16 at the ministry and will mark the start of the work.
The Minister will ensure that all health professionalsincluding representatives of health profession orders, professional unions, public and private establishments, regional health agencies, students, law enforcement, justice, safety and security professions fire, are correctly associated to this reflection.
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Office of Mrs. Agnès Firmin Le Bodo
Ministry in charge of Territorial Organization and Health Professions
Tel: 01 40 56 85 17
Email: [email protected]
