Question 36677 — health professions

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Ms. Frédérique Tuffnell draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the situation of midwives in France who have been on strike to once again defend their profession and access to care for women through them. The national consultation of Ségur de la santé was a source of debate and force of proposals to rethink the exercise of care and the revaluation of the caring professions. However, this Ségur of the health has, however, omitted a major healthcare category: the midwifery profession. It has ensured the continuity of care for women and families, since obstetrics cannot be deprogrammed, in more than complex conditions. However, she did not benefit from the so-called covid bonus; she was also not invited to pillar 1 of Ségur de la santé relating to salary increases. The increase in their salary following the Ségur union agreements was modeled on that of the paramedical and non-medical professions, even though the code of ethics defines them as a medical profession in its own right. More generally therefore, the midwifery profession suffers from a lack of recognition of their skills, their usefulness and their status, including financial. However, the missions that they carry out on a daily basis are extremely numerous and are of primordial social utility in French society. At a time when social and territorial inequalities in health are widening and the attractiveness of care professions is becoming more complicated - even though they are essential to the social pact - each profession matters. The situation of midwives is worrying and is a major public health issue. She would like to know the proposals of the Government in terms of recognition and salary increases for these staff.

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