the upgrading of night guards will be made permanent

2023-08-19 10:22:24

The Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau indicated that the upgrading of night guards at the hospital will be made permanent, an announcement will be made at the latest in “a few weeks”.

The revaluation of night guards at the hospital will be made permanent, said Saturday on France Inter the Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau, specifying that he will make the detailed announcement in “a few weeks” at the latest.

“Difficult to recruit”

“I will be led in a few days, a few weeks at most, to announce in particular the continuation of measures for the night (…), for the additional remuneration of the constraints imposed on the personnel who have to work at night”, declared Aurélien Rousseau.

“It is more and more difficult to recruit people who accept this extremely strong constraint”, he justified.

“François Braun (his predecessor, editor’s note) had launched a major project, I will announce the sustainability of these measures that the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister have decided”, he added.

At the beginning of the summer of 2022, François Braun, just appointed Minister of Health, had upgraded the guards by 50%, as part of temporary measures which have been regularly renewed since.

Asked about the possible increase in the participation of patients in the payment of drugs, Aurélien Rousseau recalled that the discussions concerning the health budget were “in progress” and that the government was looking at “all the scenarios” before the presentation of the bill. social security financing in September.

“What is my major concern is that if we were to move forward on these subjects, we would not penalize the people who are the sickest, especially those with long-term conditions,” he said.

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