Question 5932 — health establishments

Summary

Mr. Antoine Golliot draws the attention of the Minister to the Minister of Labor, Health, Solidarity and Families, responsible for health and access to care, on the consequences of the closure of the Saint-Martin-Boulogne maternity ward and more broadly on the concrete effects of the Government's pronatalist policies. The closure of the Saint-Martin-Boulogne maternity ward constitutes a new blow to the provision of care in the Boulonnais. In a territory already marked by difficulties in accessing hospital services, this decision accentuates medical desertification and makes the care pathways for pregnant women ever more complex and precarious. This situation appears to be in flagrant contradiction with the ambitions displayed by the Government in terms of supporting the birth rate. Since 2017, several measures have been announced or implemented to respond to the worrying demographic decline that France is experiencing, with the revaluation of certain family benefits, the creation of the public early childhood service, the reform of parental leave, and the development of childcare solutions for young children. Despite these developments, the birth rate continues to fall sharply. According to INSEE data, in 2023 France recorded a new record drop in births, with less than 700,000 births annually, the lowest level since the end of the Second World War. These findings raise questions about the effectiveness and coherence of the policies implemented. The closures of health establishments, particularly local maternity wards, contribute to a climate of insecurity for future parents, particularly in rural areas. They seem contradictory to all real desire to encourage births and support families with dignity. He therefore asks what structural measures the Government intends to put in place to sustainably halt this drop in the birth rate in France and in particular whether it plans a moratorium on maternity hospital closures and a reinforced strategy for access to care for pregnant women in areas in difficulty such as Boulonnais.

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