Between abandoned territories, endangered medicine and still shy solutions, UFC alert resonates as a call for in -depth reform.
A sanitary fracture that worsens from year to year
The observation is final. In ten years, the medical divide has not been reduced, it has widened. According to the latest UFC-Que Choisir Barometer published on June 24, 73 out of 101 departments saw their medical density drop between 2014 and 2023. In other words, in almost three -quarters of the country, it is today more difficult to obtain a medical appointment than ten years ago.
Even more alarming, among the 50 least endowed departments in 2014, 44 saw their situation worse. “”The sanitary fracture widens“, alerts the UFC, which denounces a phenomenon which has become” intolerable “. In certain territories, the figures confine the absurd: Mayotte caps at 8 doctors for 10,000 inhabitantsWhen Paris has 76.8. Two countries, two realities.
In France, the care map becomes that of inequalities
The figures of the UFC-Que Choisir barometer reveal a disturbing digging of regional disparities. In 2014, the ten departments the least well -off displayed an average density of 18.6 doctors for 10,000 inhabitants. In 2023, this figure fell to Only 16. Far from following the same trajectory, the ten best provided departments see their situation slightly improving, with a density passing from 44.04 to 44.16 doctors for 10,000 inhabitants.
Some areas combine negative records. Eure and Ain, for example, are struggling to overcome 15.7 and 15.9 doctors for 10,000 inhabitants. At the other end of the spectrum, there are departments like The Rhône (42.9), Les Hautes-Alpes (45.7) or the capital (76.8)which concentrate an offer of care far beyond the national average. The geography of health thus turns into a territorial lottery.
Regulate the installations, but not only
Faced with this emergency, solutions must be up to par. The UFC-Que Choisir insists: “A regulation of the installation of doctors is essential than ever “. This proposal, supported in a bill voted in the National Assembly, plans to further supervise the establishment of new doctors, in order to rebalance the offer between over-dooke and sub-slides.
But the association goes further. She pleads for a Massive reinvestment in medical trainingand alert on feeswhich aggravates inequalities where the concentration of practitioners is strong. These practices, she explains, “contribute to scare away the most precarious patients, even in the areas however rich in doctors “.
A silent crisis that questions a republican pillar
If nothing changes, warns the UFC-Que Choosing, the sanitary fracture will become irreversible. The feeling of abandonment felt in many territories is only growing, nourishing frustration, anger, and distrust of institutions. It is no longer simply a public health problem, but an issue of republican equality. In a country where the right to care is guaranteed by law, The reality of figures sounds like a betrayal.