Question 13768 — medicine

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Mr. Sylvain Carrière draws the attention of the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and People with Disabilities to the lack of sufficient planning for medical specialties in shortage and, in particular, to the worrying situation of dermatology. According to available professional data, the number of practicing dermatologists has fallen from around 4,000 in 2010 to fewer than 2,900 in 2024, a drop of almost 30%. in fifteen years. Furthermore, almost half of currently active practitioners are over 60 years old, which suggests a significant additional reduction by 2030. This demographic development is already reflected in waiting times that are incompatible with the needs for prevention and care, particularly in terms of skin cancers, chronic inflammatory diseases and dermatological conditions requiring a rapid specialist diagnosis. In many living areas, both urban and rural, access to a dermatologist is becoming particularly difficult, aggravating territorial health inequalities. This situation calls into question the State's capacity to anticipate the needs for specialists and to adapt accordingly the number of positions open to boarding schools, as well as the territorial distribution of care provision. It raises more widely the question of planning medical specialties in a context of massive retirements and growing needs linked to the aging of the population. In this context, he asks what strategy the Government intends to implement in order to anticipate the reduction in the number of dermatologists, to adapt training capacities and to organize multi-year planning for medical specialties making it possible to guarantee equitable access to specialized care throughout the country.

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