Announcements concerning jobs, training, beds, finance and administration concluded a nearly two-month consultation with healthcare providers and unions known as the “Ségur de la Santé”, in reference to the street in Paris on which the health ministry is located.
“Beyond increasing salaries, the #SégurDeLaSanté also considered how to improve the everyday life of care providers. That will come through 15,000 new hirings for hospitals,” tweeted Health Minister Olivier Véran.
👨⚕️ Au-delà de la hausse des salaires, le #SégurDeLaSanté s’est intéressé à la vie quotidienne des soignants, pour l’améliorer. Et cela passera par 15.000 recrutements à l’hôpital !
— Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) July 21, 2020
⬇️ Déroulez ce #thread pour découvrir les mesures clés. https://t.co/LHb7oYwfLI pic.twitter.com/EurlkV57Ti
Measures to boost hospital staff included increasing the positions in nursing schools by 10 percent, which corresponds to 2,000 additional nursing jobs, as well as doubling the number of nursing assistants over five years.
Véran also announced 4,000 mobile beds to be deployed according to needs during peak periods of flu infections, as well as measured to decentralise decision-making and invest in hospitals.
The measures were to be funded through a 6-billion-euros pledge of the government last week, which itself built upon the state taking charge of 13 billion euros’ worth of health establishments debt to ease finances.
The government announced 8.2 billion euros last week to raise salaries and create new positions.
