Overview
- The Le Bloc coalition announced an open-ended stoppage of evening and weekend on-call shifts in private clinics starting Wednesday.
- The broader walkout called for 5–15 January is due to end Thursday, even as specialist actions now extend without a set end date.
- Assurance Maladie data show a 13.5% fall in teletransmitted billing forms during the first week, with general practitioners down 17.2% and specialists 8.2%.
- Operating rooms and some emergency services have closed in parts of the private sector, creating local pressure such as in Toulouse and heavier emergency flows reported in Bordeaux.
- Unions have refused talks with the health minister and demand concrete responses from Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, while officials note recent weather may also have influenced activity declines.