Question 16992 — health professions

Summary

Mr. Lionel Vuibert draws the attention of the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and People with Disabilities to the situation of medical transport companies and more particularly to the tensions encountered in rural areas. For several months, paramedics have been warning about the deterioration of their economic situation. They report pricing that has become insufficient for certain missions, an increase significant impact on their operating costs, notably fuel and labor costs, as well as an increasing weakening of their economic model. In rural areas, such as the Ardennes, these difficulties take on a particular dimension. The distances to be covered are significant, the healthcare supply is already under pressure and medical transport constitutes an essential link in access to healthcare, particularly for elderly, isolated or losing autonomy patients. Faced with this situation, the profession has initiated a protest movement in order to alert the Government to the concrete consequences of the planned measures and to the risk of lasting destabilization of the sector. The ambulance representatives are asking today that an exchange be organized quickly with the Prime Minister and the four representative national federations, in order to seek a balanced solution, taking into account both the objectives of controlling public spending and the economic reality of medical transport companies. It appears essential to avoid a worsening of the movement, which could have direct consequences on the continuity of patient care and on the functioning of health establishments. Dialogue with the professionals concerned must make it possible to emerge from the crisis through consultation, rather than through a gradual deterioration of relationships between healthcare stakeholders. Also, he asks what measures the Government intends to take to respond to the concerns of medical transport companies, guarantee the continuity of patient care in rural areas and immediately open consultation with the representative national federations. of the profession in order to find a lasting and acceptable solution for all parties.

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