Question 12794 — medicine

Summary

Ms. Hélène Laporte draws the attention of the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and People with Disabilities to the insufficient integration of liberal pediatrics into public health policy, particularly in terms of prevention and treatment of emergencies. This is manifested in particular by the absence of provision of screening equipment (CRP tests, strip devices, tests for detection of RSV, viruses influenza, SARS-CoV2, etc.) to pediatric practices, as may be the case for general medicine practices by decision of the ministry or the ARS during screening campaigns, preventing them from carrying out a mission, obvious due to their specialty, of preventing infectious diseases among children. In addition, some pediatric emergencies receive inappropriate treatment, due to lack of pediatric regulation. upstream (that private pediatricians could practice in the same way as general practitioners for adult patients) and systematized communication between SAMU and pediatric practices. The specific skills of the pediatric specialty have an obvious role to play in strengthening public health policy for children. It is, moreover, urgent to revalorize this discipline. In fact, the deficit The attractiveness of pediatrics, particularly in private practice, has generated unfavorable demographics which weigh on the future of the profession, while 31% of private pediatricians were aged over 60 in 2024. Also, she wishes to know her intentions on this subject.

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