Question 41198 — medicine

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Ms. Myriane Houplain draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the development of medical deserts in Pas-de-Calais. A phenomenon present in many territories in France, medical desertification continues to increase in the Hauts-de-France region and more specifically in Béthunois and Bruaysis. In three years, a drop of nearly 30 community doctors occurred, corresponding to a reduction of 10% of the total volume of these living area health professionals. Over the period 2010-2020, the number of general practitioners in Béthunois-Bruaysis fell from 341 to 290, a drop of 15% in staff numbers. Certain local initiatives have been undertaken to try to stop this deadly dynamic, for example the purchase by a municipality of a medical office in order to transform it into a multidisciplinary health center. But these various actions alone do not make it possible to fill the glaring shortage of doctors in rural areas. In practice, it is often impossible to find a general practitioner who agrees to take on new patients. Furthermore, residents' concerns are only increasing as the retirement of some of these health professionals approaches. Consequently, she asks him to please draw up a inventory of the situation as well as to indicate the measures that can be taken in order to put an end to the development of these medical deserts which create situations of inequality in access to the provision of care.

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