“There will be deaths!” : what are the demands of caregivers, mobilized on Tuesday? – Free lunch

A new mobilization in favor of the public hospital is announced this Tuesday, June 7, at the call of an inter-union, in fifty major French cities. Worried, caregivers intend to once again sound the alarm on their working conditions, while Emmanuel Macron has just ordered a “flash” report on the critical state of emergencies. Caregivers take to the streets. At the call of nine unions and collectives, they should gather in around fifty French cities this Tuesday, June 7, in particular in Paris where a major mobilization is planned for the start of the afternoon (1:30 p.m.) in front of the Ministry of Solidarity and of Health. Anger is rising among health personnel The “flash mission” on the emergency crisis announced on May 31 by Emmanuel Macron and entrusted to the boss of Samu-Urgences de France, François Braun, did not reassure the nursing staff. In a leaflet distributed for a few days and entitled “there will be deaths”, the inter-union denounces the immobility of the government despite regular alerts for three years. “Access to first aid care is more and more complicated and the hospital no longer fulfills its role of public service”, can we read in this leaflet. “The staff are angry and tired. (…) The Philippe and then Castex governments managed on a short-term basis, responding to emergencies with discriminatory measures such as hiring bonuses, without consideration for staff already in post, despised!” \ud83c\udfe5Matreated hospital: there will be deaths!
\ ud83d \ udce2Unit mobilization of hospital staff on June 7, 2022! pic.twitter.com/alO9HVKezN— Fédération SUD Santé Sociaux (@SudSanteSociaux) June 5, 2022 The situation of emergency services in France is more than worrying. According to the Samu-Urgences de France association, at least 120 services have been forced to limit their activity and are preparing to do so this summer, for lack of nursing staff. What are the main demands? This Tuesday, the latter will therefore be in the street to make their five main demands heard, “the same for three years” remind the unions: Immediate recruitment of additional caregivers; General increase in wages, taking into account time constraints and arduous work; Reinforcement of the financial means of establishments, recruitment of administrative staff to refocus caregivers on their tasks; Halt all facility and bed closures; Implementation of measures to guarantee access to care for all French people, in all territories. The salary increase for caregivers in the public and private non-profit sector to the tune of 183 euros, obtained at the end of the Ségur de la Santé, will therefore not have been enough to allay fears and anger. Especially since some of the health actors – administrative staff and hospital service agents – have been largely forgotten by the measure.