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For now, this is just a proposal that is supposed to improve the provision of health care in France.
“We can’t afford it,” G. Attalis said, about 27 million consultations that the country’s residents miss every year.
According to him, the innovation could free up doctors and allow 15-20 million more consultations to be performed annually.
Mr Attalis said a law would be brought to parliament to introduce an “accountability mechanism” and that the government would like the fines to start in 2025. January 1
All persons who do not show up for the visit or cancel it less than 24 hours in advance will be charged.
Doctors will decide for themselves whether the reason for not attending the appointment was important enough to avoid a financial penalty.
The Prime Minister also indicated that he would seek to increase the number of students graduating from medical studies to solve the critical problem of the shortage of doctors.
He said that the number of students entering the second course of medical studies will increase from 10,000. per year in 2023, up to 12 thousand in 2025 and up to 16 thousand in 2027
Medicine in France is considered one of the most difficult university degrees to obtain, with up to a third of students dropping out at the end of the first year.
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