“There are enough resources for health, but the money does not go enough to care”, according to Philippe Juvin

The LR deputy for Hauts-de-Seine and head of the emergency department at the Pompidou hospital in Paris was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”.

Go on strike, “this is not the right solution“, estimates Philippe Juvin, Republican deputy for Hauts-de-Seine and also head of the emergency department of the Pompidou hospital in Paris, invited on franceinfo Friday, November 1. The hospital public service unions filed a notice on Monday, November 4 for a national strike renewable from November 4 to December 21 to denounce the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2025.

For unions, the planned increase of 2.8% in health insurance spending and 3.1% in public health establishments “are far from meeting the needs“. “I think that there are enough resources for health, in general, but that not enough money goes to care“, analyzes the MP. “There are as many administrative employees as doctors in public hospitals in France today“, he denounces, while calling for a reduction inadministrative staff“.

Philippe Juvin also calls for more prevention and to reserve the hospital for “theComplex diagnoses and acute complications of diseases“, believing that “the rest should be done in community medicine“.

Beyond financial means, for Philippe Juvin, “the first question to ask is the question of demographics“. “We need to train many more doctors“, “iwe have to start”and recruit more “foreign doctors“to be able to”act quickly” on this personnel issue. “Of the 20,000 foreign doctors who wanted to come to the territory last year, only 2,400 were accepted. Don't just take 2,400 foreign doctors but take all those who have the level!“, says the MP. For “double the number of doctors“, according to him it is necessary”provide yourself with the means for training“.

Philippe Juvin also says “very favorable“the increase in waiting days for civil servants, provided for in the PLFSS, which will concern the hospital civil service.”The three waiting days are essential“, estimates the MP for whom “there is no reason for there to be a difference between private and public“. Il “propose“same as employees”private and public“cannot “never be compensated on the first day” of their sick leave.