After receiving pediatric specialists this Wednesday, November 2, the Minister of Health François Braun announced unlock an envelope”around 400 million euros“ for the “voltage services” of the hospital. A sum which will be paid in addition to the 150 million promised by the government on October 23, in particular for the pediatric emergency services, severely affected by the bronchiolitis epidemic. In Île-de-France, more about thirty children with this lung condition had to be transferred to other regions.
The Minister also announced that the remuneration of night hours will continue to be increased until March 31, 2023 for medical and non-medical personnel, “to recognize this hard work“. Also, the “critical care bonus” will be extended to all caregivers working in the hospital. This monthly aid of 118 euros gross was previously intended for nurses and healthcare managers.
Increase in night hours, recognition of the specificity of critical care: faced with the difficulties encountered by pediatrics and other hospital services, we are today announcing a new massive effort to support our healthcare professionals. pic.twitter.com/vsXuei3HHi
— Francois Braun (@FrcsBraun) November 2, 2022
To get through the winter and meet the needs of patients, the “white plans” will be activated locally, in particular to allow recall staff on leave, transfer them more easily from one department to another depending on demand or deprogram certain non-urgent operations. The regional health agencies (ARS) will also be able to mobilize the “regional intervention fund”, allowing them to have more flexibility in the management of their credit.
The government also wants unclog emergency services. Like this summer, patients must now call 15 (Samu) before going to the emergency room. City doctors will also be encouraged, financially, to free up certain slots devoted to emergencies.
An advance recognized by pediatric professionals
“We welcome these advances“, recognized officials from the Pediatrics Collective, which has been warning about the ongoing crisis for several weeks now. On October 22, more than 7,000 pediatric professionals had sent a letter to the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron in which they denounced their conditions. of work. “It is urgent to be able to reopen beds in pediatric wards by stopping the flight of caregivers and recruiting passionate young people.alerted the signatories, signaling a “glaring degradation of child care”putting them in danger on a daily basis.
Regarding these new decisions, pediatricians nevertheless regret that these are only emergency measures and not structural measures, “which will not prevent the escape of caregivers“. Ihe President of the French Hospital Federation (FHF) Arnaud Robinet calls for a “longer-lasting attractiveness shock“. Indeed, if he believes that the government has grasped the urgency of the situation, he believes that “these announcements only cover the very short term” And “the hospital will not be cured with an endless addition of life-saving measures“.
After the first government announcements, the pediatric staff remained worried, believing that his response was a drop in the bucket in the face of the situation at the hospital. “The government was obliged to react quickly but there is a real fundamental problemindicated Isabelle Desguerre, head of the neuropediatrics department at the Necker hospital in Paris. 150 million, it’s a figure effect, the problem is not the money but recognizing the status of caregivers, making them want to work in hospitals, putting real ratios caregivers per child.
Sources:
- “Children in daily danger”: the shock letter to Emmanuel Macron from 4,000 pediatric caregivers, The ParisianOctober 21, 2022
- AFP
