Question 37885 — health establishments

Summary

Mr. Guillaume Chiche alerts the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the difficulties of integrating graduates into the field of peer support, more particularly in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and notably in Deux-Sèvres. Peer assistance is based on the idea that a person who has suffered from the same illness (whether physical or psychological) can help another person to better manage their illness. There exists today there are real university courses (short and long courses) allowing the training of peer helpers to help people who need it to build their recovery plan. Today, they undeniably contribute to the modernization of practices in the health field. Even more so, during this period of health crisis. Indeed, the mental health of the French has been put to the test since the start of the covid-19 pandemic. A certain number of people experienced difficulty in having regular follow-up during the first confinement in March 2020 or broke ties with health professionals for fear of the virus. This caused a lot of suffering but also loneliness in the face of the illness. “Peer helpers” or “peer health mediators” establish a link between professionals and patients and help maintain this link therapeutic. In this regard, peer helpers constitute a valuable resource but remain an aid that is too little used in health establishments. If today peer-help is becoming professionalized, it seems that some graduates are having difficulty integrating hospital and medico-social services, which mainly recruit “peer health mediators” from the peer health mediators license (CCOMS). People who follow other courses in peer-help have a hard time finding a place, getting internships, a job, or even creating projects around peer-help because the doors are closed to them. Thus, it seems very regrettable that all these people, trained and competent, cannot apply their knowledge and work with patients, even though they have validated a course and have an impact significant on the well-being of patients and in access to care for people who are poorly integrated into a care pathway. The question of recognition of these peer workers, their training and their status arises. They are not truly recognized as health professionals by certain health establishments and therefore struggle to find positions and set up projects. In view of these elements, he wishes know the measures that the Government is considering to facilitate the integration of these peer support professionals into hospitals and other health establishments and improve the territorial network in this area.

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