Question 11154 — health professions

Summary

Mrs. Laure de La Raudière draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the subject of the practice of osteopathy in France. Article 75 of the 2002 law laid the foundations for the distinction between three types of osteopaths in France: osteopaths who are doctors of medicine (ODM), paramedical osteopaths (OPM) and finally osteopaths who are not health professionals (ONPS). If this distinction is well inscribed in the law, it is clear that the situation is more confused in reality, as evidenced by numerous reports from the field. Often, patients do not know whether they are contacting a healthcare professional for a medical procedure or a non-health professional performing comfort procedures. Furthermore, the multiplication of the number of non-professional osteopaths, 26,222 practitioners in 2016, six times more than in the United Kingdom for an identical population, is one of the consequences of this confusing situation which reinforces the precariousness of young osteopaths who are not health professionals. Indeed, the latter follow expensive training for four years in private establishments and once graduated find themselves faced with a situation where the supply is much greater than the demand for care. She would like to know how the Government wishes clarify this public health issue.

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