The Minister was beaten on the wire, in the sixth district of Pas-de-Calais, by her opponent of the National Rally, Christine Engrand.
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The result did not fail to cause the surprise. Brigitte Bourguignon, candidate of the majority, was beaten on the wire, in the sixth district of Pas-de-Calais, by her opponent of the National Rally, Christine Engrand. A few dozen votes separate the two candidates. As the rule applied under the mandate, M me , has occupied the Ministry of Health and Prevention for only 30 days, will therefore have to leave its functions, while the hospital is located In the midst of a crisis.
On the eve of a very tense summer, his successor will thus have a burning file to be taken in hand immediately: the maintenance of the care offer. Whether it is emergency services, of which more than at least more than a hundred are already obliged to operate in a degraded way, sometimes with closures at night or on weekends, but also other hospital services, including The number of closed beds has continued to increase in recent months, for lack of nurses. Or even maternities, under high tension due to the lack of midwives, in many territories.
an appreciated appointment
In the world of health, which had welcomed the appointment of Ms. Bourguignon, on May 20, in a benevolent neutrality, the minister could be appreciated for her “sense of listening”, “without taboos”, or Still his “knowledge of the sector”. Upon his arrival avenue de Ségur, the former minister delegate in charge of autonomy of 63 years opened a cycle of discussions with professionals on the emergency and hospital crisis. At the same time, the President of the Republic launched a “flash mission” on emergencies and unscheduled care, entrusted to Professor François Braun, of the Samu-Urgences de France union. His conclusions were expected in early July. A great consultation, promised by Emmanuel Macron during the presidential campaign, which erected health as one of the “priorities” of his second five -year term, is also promised during the summer.
A tempo which has nevertheless already provoked misunderstanding and anger in certain caregivers: impossible to wait as much to respond to the difficulties which promise to be unprecedented for the summer period. “First measures” were finally announced by Brigitte Bourguignon from June 8, but they seemed to be very thin. It is a question of reactivating the doubling of the remuneration of overtime for caregivers, while regional health agencies have been summoned to “re -mobilize the territorial crisis management systems” to coordinate public hospitals, private clinics and liberal professional.
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