Ten-year strategy for supportive care launched
At a press conference on April 8, the French Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity, Catherine Vautrin, announced the launch of a ten-year strategy for the development of supportive care to strengthen palliative care, pain management and end-of-life support.
This 2024-2034 strategy proposes four objectives, with 14 of the 30 measures stemming from the report entitled Vers un modèle français des soins d'accompagnement delivered by Professor Franck Chauvin in December 2023.
The announced objectives of this ten-year strategy are: fairer access to supportive care1, mobilization of society as a whole, development of research and training, and steering of all players.
Concerning the third objective, which is of interest to the National Platform for End-of-Life Research, there is talk of developing and supporting research and training to the tune of 11.5 M€ over ten years.
A priority interdisciplinary research program (PPR) in supportive care defining strategic orientations with an associated budget will be created2.
This PPR will aim to establish three medical (INSERM) or humanities and social sciences (CNRS) research teams.
- The term "supportive care" here encompasses both palliative care, medical aid in dying, pain management and psychological suffering.
- The autonomy PPR, for example, represents a budget of 30M€ over 5 years.
Published April 9, 2024
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