Emergency crisis: Emmanuel Macron announces a “one-month information mission on unscheduled care” – franceinfo

The Head of State, traveling to Cherbourg, also said he wanted to launch “from July” a major conference on health. Article written by Published on 05/31/2022 20:04 Updated on 05/31/2022 21:23 Reading time: 1 min. In the midst of a “systemic crisis” in the health sector, Emmanuel Macron was on the move, Tuesday, May 31, at the Cherbourg hospital center (Manche). The President of the Republic announced the launch of a new “one-month information mission on unscheduled care”, before starting a round table with “all health actors” (emergency physicians, nurses, general practitioners, administration) “of access to urgent and unscheduled care”. “In the coming weeks, we will objectify things and review the existing shortcomings. Thanks to the mission, we will make a very concrete assessment of the situation of the emergency systems”, assured Emmanuel Macron. This mission will be led by the head of emergencies of the CHR Metz-Thionville and president of Samu-Urgences de France, François Braun. At least 120 emergency services have been forced to limit their activity or are preparing for it and all the lights are red, according to the Samu-Urgences de France (SUdF) association. Almost 20% of the approximately 620 establishments, public and private, hosting one or more emergency services are affected. Additional sign of an unprecedented crisis, 14 of the 32 largest French hospitals (CHU and CHR) are on this list. The Head of State also said he wanted to launch, “from July”, a major conference on health with all the stakeholders. Emmanuel Macron was accompanied by the new Minister of Health, Brigitte Bourguignon. Throughout the territory, access to city care is also becoming increasingly difficult due to a lack of doctors and the saturation of nursing homes. Despite the doubling of the “number of multi-professional health centers” since 2017 and “unprecedented investments”, after in particular the Ségur de la Santé, “deep difficulties today make these professions difficult and not attractive enough”, underlines the Elysium. Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share by email Share link