8th Sept 2022
France may have a national shortage of doctors, but geographic inequalities mean that it is not an experience universally shared.
The ‘crisis’ in the health service in France featured prominently in the presidential elections in April and has since spilled over into industrial action, with strikes spearheaded by the unions taking place across France this summer in protest at staff shortages, low pay and poor resources.
Due to coronavirus infections and staffing shortfalls 7 out of the 13 administrative regions have launched an emergency plan to delay operations, calling in the private sector and cancelling staff holidays.