Emmanuel Macron

During a meeting with healthcare workers at the Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien just outside Paris, Macron acknowledged "the personal and collective ...

Macron promised to reorganise hospital work by 1 June to staunch the flow of staff leaving the healthcare profession, and to make working in the sector a more attractive option. Repeating that he wanted to "gain time for carers" amid a chronic shortage of doctors, the president called for "radical decision" to fix the problem. Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a new plan to halt the "endless crisis" in France's national healthcare system, including overhauling working ours for hospital staff in the next six months, reforming healthcare funding and improving payments for doctors on call.

The problems in the French health sector, which is struggling with overcrowded hospitals and a lack of staff in rural areas, could deepen in the coming ...

The struggles of France's health system will probably get worse before things improve, President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged on Friday, as he pledged to ...

Register for free to Reuters and know the full story Promising a change in how hospitals work by June, Macron also said his government would take steps to increase cooperation between different parts of the health system, and improve oversight of working hours. In the meantime, he said, the government would step up the recruitment of medical assistants, freeing up health workers to treat patients rather than do administrative tasks.

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced an overhaul of France's struggling health system, including new funding methods for doctors and hospitals, ...

In addition, the French can also apply to private insurance to increase their health coverage. Details of the changes are to be worked out in the coming months, he said. and to the concerns, anxiety, tiredness of health care professionals.”

From plans to address medical deserts and incentives to support general practitioners to changes to working hours, here is how French president Emmanuel ...

The president said that to remedy this, the scholastic system would need to do a better job of “properly measuring motivation.” Macron said that the effects of this will begin to be most visible within “five to eight years.” The president gave his speech amid an ongoing strike of general practitioners, which was extended until January 8th. Macron said that a plan to “reorganise the educational system” would be put in place “by the summer.” He also discussed the issue of students choosing not to work in healthcare directly after finishing their studies, and referenced the possibility of instituting compulsory service in a position upon graduation for new healthcare workers. During a New Year’s speech at a hospital in Essonne, to the south of Paris, the French president began by acknowledging the “exhaustion” of healthcare workers, saying that the country’s health system was “at the end of the rope.” In an effort to help remedy this issue, the president promised that the “600,000 patients in France who suffer from a chronic disease would be offered a primary care doctor – or at least a ‘reference team’ – by the end of the year.”

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced an overhaul of France's struggling health system, including new funding methods for doctors and hospitals, ...

In addition, the French can also apply to private insurance to increase their health coverage. Details of the changes are to be worked out in the coming months, he said. both in private practice and at hospital,” he said. He also vowed to increase fees of doctors on condition they are involved in ensuring the continuity of health care in their area and accept new patients. He announced the recruitment of thousands of medical assistants to help doctors. and to the concerns, anxiety, tiredness of health care professionals.”

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday (6th January) announced a series of health sector measures, following recent calls from healthcare staff for ...

For citizens living in medical deserts, Macron said he is seeking to better remunerate city doctors who provide permanent care. One element of Macron’s investment is a recruitment drive for medical assistants, thereby taking the administrative load off doctors and helping them “gain medical time”. Macron acknowledged the problem of access to care in France, indicating that he wants to “redistribute” health services to relieve emergency services and remedy medical deserts, defined as geographic areas in which it is very difficult to get medical care from a healthcare professional due to the absence of local doctors.