In January, despite several days of strike action, the GPs’ requests for a raise were rejected. This time, it is Bercy who attacks them by targeting them in his hunt for sick leave of convenience. The standoff continues between the government and the caregivers. Questioned by La Dépêche du Midi, Aurore Bergé, the president of the Renaissance group in the Assembly, nevertheless tries to calm things down.
Better control of sick leave, increase in the sum remaining payable by patients who buy drugs reimbursed by Social Security… Bercy gives the impression of attacking doctors as well as patients. After the standoff at the start of the year, and the numerous strikes carried out in the midst of an epidemic of bronchiolitis by general practitioners demanding increases, these announcements could further complicate the relations of the majority with the medical community.
Bergé provides after-sales service
“There is an issue of accountability. It is true that the overconsumption of drugs is a real subject, as is abusive sick leave. The objective is to lower public spending”, defends with The Midi Dispatch, Aurore Bergé, the president of the Renaissance group in the Assembly. However, the deputy of Yvelines rejects the idea of a war between the government and the doctors. The patron saint of the majority deputies recalls that her group recently voted against PS and Modem amendments aimed at imposing stricter rules in the installation of doctors on the territory to fight against medical deserts. These measures provided that private doctors and dental surgeons wishing to settle in areas already well provided with caregivers would have to obtain “authorization from the Regional Health Agency”.
“We have clearly responded to the expectations of doctors on the freedom of installation”, certifies Aurore Bergé who thinks that they will be able to make sense of things. The majority hope to respond to another request from caregivers, relating to the scourge of unhonored medical appointments. “In my department of Yvelines I have 22,000 appointments not honored, it’s a real subject”, tries to divert the president of the Renaissance group. Not necessarily enough, as it stands, to calm the anger of white coats.