Communes can, if they so wish and if they have the money, , invest in building health centres, or offering a free consultation room, subsided accommodation, and paying a (good) salary rather than the doc being self-employed. Ours also offered a huge golden handshake to attract doctors and managed to get a doctor reasonably close to retirement who wanted a less pressured environment. Which was a relief as the existing GP did not want to work alone and was going to leave if no one else could be recruited.
Not sure why you specify âyounger family menâ being reluctant to live in deep rural France. I would have thought it applies to both sexes?
But also the statistics show that there is a great lack of GPs in cities too, so there are urban and rural medical desserts. There have not been enough doctors coming through the pipeline who want to be GPs. Hopefully this will improve now training has been resteuctured.
Thatâs exactly what our local town of ca 10,000 inhabitants has done. Now got two thriving health centres on the go. Itâs one of the benefits of not being too rural. Nothing fancy about our town ten minutes drive away, but as Iâve said elsewhere, we are right in the country but have a town that works 365 days of the year with everything we need. Go too remote in France at your peril!
I have the same problem. My MT has retired and I canât find another one. He did tell he doubted I would be able to find another MT.
Without a registered MT how do you get treatment, it really is a big worry. How do you get regular meds? I heard you maybe able to get a one off appointment, but without being registered it costs more for appointments, meds and treatmentâŠAnyone heard that?
You can go to any doctor, and many will give you a one-off appointment. However you will only be reimbursed 30% , unless you have flagged up with your caisse that you canâr find an MT.
Ameli also sets out other steps to follow, her:
Or you can use Qare and have teleconsultations whenever you like
I visit my doctor every three months for a repeat prescription, and I rarely see him for anything much else, but I went this morning for a repeat prescription and he is not there. The place is locked up, all shutters closed and his sign board on the door has been removed. Normally he would put a notice on the door if he was on holiday or on strike etc. I tried ringing but no reply. Is there a way of finding out if he has resigned, has moved on, or whatever? If he has, I shall have to chase around looking for a new doctor.
But what can I do about my repeat prescription which I need tomorrow? Once in the distant past I had a problem renewing my prescription so went to the nearest doctor I could find and he gave me a repeat prescription. No problem.
But could I do that now, so that I can have a new prescription, which lasts for 3 months normally, and so have time to find a new doctor?
Phone or ask at the Maire if anything has happened.
Ask at your pharmacy if the can give you enough of your prescription to tide you over, just explain the situation.
I tried phoning my doctor and no reply, no recorded message. I shall go ask my pharmacy this afternoon, who know him, to see if they have heard anything. And I shall ask for a repeat prescription which Iâve had with them for years. But I suspect they wonât, but will know later today, thanks.
I saw him in July and he seemed to be in good spirits, but Iâve also observed that heâs been looking stressed. The last time there was a doctorsâ strike he took part!
I do hope you will. OH certainly is given his prescription by our pharmacy when he forgets to go to the doctor in time. Especially if it is something out of the ordinary.
When he replaced my former retiring doctor, my retiring doctor told me he was retiring, and gave me my records to give to the new doctor when next I visited. I have received no notification from him about leaving.
What struck me was the absence of his nameplate on the door.
