Covid-19 in France: a premium of 100 euros per month for intensive care nurses

Published on : 12/28/2021 – 10:34

The approximately 24,000 nurses in critical care and resuscitation services in France will receive a monthly bonus of 100 euros from January, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Tuesday (December 28th).

“We will be implementing from January 2022 (…) a premium of 100 euros per month for the nurses in these critical care services”, declared Jean Castex on the sidelines of a visit to the Créteil hospital center. (Val de Marne).

This bonus aims to materialize an “indispensable recognition” in the face of “the difficulty of the tasks (which) can undermine the attractiveness of these services” of resuscitation and critical care, specified the Prime Minister, who was accompanied by the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran.

This provision comes in advance of measures which should be announced by Olivier Véran, after the reception next week of a report from the Igas (General Inspectorate of Social Affairs) on “the supply of critical care, response to need. current and exceptional health situations “.

This “comprehensive plan”, in the words of the Prime Minister, will aim to “review the attractiveness, training, qualification, professional practice conditions in these critical care services, to recognize the technical nature of those who are there. working”.

Return of gauges, teleworking, ban on concerts and standing consumption, duration of isolation … The head of government announced on Monday new measures in the face of the outbreak of the Omicron variant, without going as far as the curfew on the 31st. December or a postponement of the start of the school year.

With AFP and Reuters