INTERVIEW
One month after the opening of “Health Segur”, the Minister of Health on Wednesday proposed an increase in the remuneration of non-medical hospital staff, with an envelope of six billion euros to increase these salaries. An ad that does not satisfy caregivers. Patrick Pelloux, president of the Association of emergency physicians of France, calls Olivier Véran on Europe 1 on Friday. “We are really in a bad state and we are quite desperate by the situation we live in everyday life. no world after, we were lied to, “he accuses.
“Hospitals need to be given capacity to work”
The amount announced by the Minister includes a general increase in the salaries of agents of the public hospital service (hospitals, nursing homes, etc.), a redesign of premiums, as well as targeted increases in certain professions, which could be extended to private establishments. If Patrick Pelloux greets “a rather substantial sum”, he is worried that the government wants to “do everything” with these six billion.
“When we recalculate this amount, both to give to public hospitals, to give to nursing homes, to give to the liberal sector, it does not do much for the public hospital and it is almost an impossible equation”, supports t -he. For the emergency doctor, the priority remains “to increase the salary of so-called non-medical personnel”. But also “to stop the closings of beds, and restructuring”. “Hospitals must be given new capacities to work,” says Patrick Pelloux.
An amount that does not satisfy the unions
For some unions, the increase of six billion proposed by the government is not enough either and they call on the minister to review his copy. The general delegate of the Zaynab Riet Hospital Federation was concerned that this envelope should be shared with the private sector, and asked for more resources on Europe 1 on Thursday.
After the success of the June 16 action day, which brought together several tens of thousands of demonstrators throughout France, several unions (CGT, FO, SUD, Unsa) and carers’ groups (Inter-Hospitals, Inter-Emergencies) thus called for a new mobilization on June 30. They thus intend to maintain pressure on the “Ségur de la santé”, which must materialize by mid-July the “massive plan” promised by Emmanuel Macron to improve the daily lives of caregivers and the reception of patients.
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