The movement could last. All the unions representing private doctors are calling for a strike from October 13. The Confederation of French Medical Unions (CSMF), one of the major unions in the sector, “calls on all liberal doctors, general practitioners and specialists to massively follow this indefinite strike movement and to deprogram their medical activity,” it writes in a press release published Monday. The government must “invest to make these professions attractive,” she argues.
After the failure of conventional negotiations with Health Insurance last winter, doctors still protested against an arbitration settlement which set the prices for consultations at 26.50 euros for general practitioners and 31.50 euros for specialists, i.e. an increase of 1.50 euros. They demand the immediate resumption of discussions and an “ambitious” revaluation. They charge, depending on the organization, between 30 and 50 euros for the basic consultation.
“Extreme tension”
“We are warning the government about the extreme tension in the profession,” warned Jean-Christophe Nogrette, deputy general secretary of the main general practitioner organization, MG France, on September 12, who is currently calling for a strike. ‘one day, “renewable”.
The four other representative unions launched their appeal in June. For the Federation of Doctors of France (FMF), it is a “renewable strike”, president Patricia Lefébure told AFP on Monday. But the president of Avenir Spé, Patrick Gasser, speaks of an “unlimited cessation of activity”, just like the SML or the UFML-S.