Posted on March 31, 2022 (Updated 03/31)
By Sophie Nouaille
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Caregivers must receive “equitable financial recognition”, get out of “the morality of volunteerism” and be better represented in the governance of hospitals, according to a Senate report published Thursday which calls for an “electroshock” in the management of hospitals.
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The commission of inquiry calls for the continuation of the efforts of the Ségur de la Santé announced in 2020, in particular in terms of remuneration. Consultations “too late” and “extensions without overall reflection” have meant that among the “forgotten Ségur”, “bitterness” does not “dry up”, regret the senators. And this is even more true after a Covid-19 pandemic depicted in the report as revealing “latent crises” in healthcare establishments. The commission of inquiry chaired by Bernard Jomier (PRG) points to “the morality of the almost systematic dedication” of the staff, who “cannot be foolproof” in the operation of hospitals. The senators propose to review the compensatory allowances for night work and weekends, and to set up an “alert mechanism” to strengthen the workforce when the ratio “caregiver per patient” is low. Decentralize decisions According to the senators, such workforce management would only be possible thanks to… –
