Question 11757 — medicine

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Mr. Manuel Bompard alerts the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and Disabled People to the shortage of dermatologists in France. France is facing a widespread shortage of caregivers which poses serious threats to the population's access to care. Certain medical specialties are experiencing a particularly worrying situation. This is the case of dermatology, whose numbers have collapsed more than 20% in 10 years. This trend, if nothing is done, will accelerate by 2030. The needs are going in the opposite direction since dermatological pathologies are progressing and waiting times for an appointment are exploding. Obstacles to access to care are not only a scandal from the point of view of everyone's right to care, but also in terms of public finances: any pathology that is not prevented or taken care of charging early ends up costing everyone more. The remaining dermatologists are daily confronted with the difficult situations of patients whose deterioration in their state of health could have been avoided if the sufficient presence of professionals had enabled them to be treated earlier. Therefore, he asks her if she plans to increase over the next few years, in addition to the number of doctors trained by generally, the number of internship places in dermatology, which caps at an insufficient hundred; the specialty being very popular among students, these places would not have difficulty being filled and the training of a few dozen more dermatologists per year could help guarantee access to care for all.

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