Yannick Neuder, a seventh minister of well being going through a sector in disaster | EUROtoday

One minister chases the opposite… In the well being sector, a brand new configuration inside the Bayrou authorities was introduced on Monday, December 23, which is similar to that skilled just a few months in the past. The deputy for Isère (Les Républicains) Yannick Neuder, 55, a heart specialist by career, was appointed minister accountable for well being and entry to care. He is positioned alongside Catherine Vautrin, previously Minister of Partnership with Territories and Decentralization, maintained in authorities with an expanded portfolio combining work, well being, solidarity and household. This right-wing lady had already taken the top of a “major social ministry” inside the Attal authorities between January and September, bringing collectively work, well being and solidarity, supported by Frédéric Valletoux, well being delegate.

After three months on the head of a full-fledged well being ministry, Geneviève Darrieussecq, former Modem des Landes MP, was not reappointed, when many had been betting on the retention in authorities of this shut pal of Mr. Bayrou. Health, which has benefited from its personal ministry on a number of events lately, is as soon as once more included in a bigger scope. A not very reassuring sign for gamers within the sector.

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Yannick Neuder, who turns into the seventh Minister of Health of this second Macron five-year time period, has been, in latest weeks, on the entrance line of tense budgetary debates, as rapporteur of the Social Security funds – the well-known PLFSS (invoice of financing Social Security) on which the Barnier authorities collapsed. Responsible for well being points on the precise, he has launched a number of legislative proposals, not too long ago on the coaching of medical college students.

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His appointment comes at a time when the brand new session charges for personal docs come into power – 30 euros, for normal practitioners, since December 22. It stays to be seen what Mr. Neuder will do with the highway map drawn up by former Prime Minister Michel Barnier: “nurses” regulation for the paramedical career, “great cause” dedicated to psychological well being in 2025, Hippocrates system in order that medical interns, volunteers, can follow for some time in medical deserts, deliberate reform of state medical support…

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