Question 16542 — health

Summary

Mr. Fabrice Roussel wishes to draw the attention of the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and Disabled People to the particularly worrying situation facing the private health transport sector. Essential players in the continuity of care, medical transport companies ensure daily, throughout the territory, the transport of patients, participation in urgent medical aid and the support for health establishments. They constitute an essential link in access to care, particularly in rural or under-resourced areas. However, despite the efforts made by the profession to help control health spending in recent years, companies in the sector continue to face serious economic difficulties. Operating costs, notably salaries, energy, insurance and linked to vehicles and medical equipment, are experiencing a continuous increase. At the same time, the prices for urgent pre-hospital transport have not been subject to an increase since 2018. This situation has been aggravated by the recent rise in fuel prices, which is further weakening companies whose margins remain particularly low. Professionals in the sector warn of the potential consequences of this economic deterioration: postponements of investments, difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff, risks of business failures and, ultimately, calling into question the territorial network essential to patient care. Also, he would like it to communicate to him the measures that the Government intends to implement in order to guarantee the sustainability of private medical transport companies, preserve the attractiveness of the ambulance professions and ensuring continuity of access to care throughout the territory.

Machine translation from French. The official text remains authoritative.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

No documents linked.

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.