« Supervising freedom of installation will have no positive effect on access to care » – Liberation

Removing the health divide between the territories implies supervising the freedom of installation of doctors, as recommended by the transpartisan bill on the fight against medical deserts discussed this Wednesday, April 2 in the National Assembly? Should we restore the obligation to guard in the evening and the weekend to improve access to care? It is twice not for doctors’ unions. In the field, opinions are more nuanced. Questioned by Release, Three practitioners express their doubts but also their support.

“I have been a replacement since I finished my boarding school in Nantes seven years ago. My project is not to settle down. It seems too heavy on the administrative and moral level. Following a patient is a huge mental charge. I realized it over my replacements in rural areas in the Southwest, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur or Brittany. Even in the city center of Nantes where I now exercise regularly, it is difficult to treat people well, for lack of specialists. In case of chronic pain, it takes several months to obtain an MRI! For an appointment with the cardiologist or dermato, it’s several weeks. In rural areasit’s worse because there are also displacement issues