Overview

• About a thousand healthcare workers rallied in Paris calling for “sanctuarized” health budgets, according to on‑the‑ground reporting.
• Organizers sought a meeting at the Health Ministry as the Social Security budget outline is expected next week, with protesters pressing for more resources.
• In Marseille’s Édouard Toulouse psychiatric hospital, unions report roughly 100 beds shut over five years, including a 25‑bed wing last year, leaving about 15 beds for 130,000 residents.
• Reported assaults on healthcare professionals rose to about 2,000 in 2024, a 26% increase that disproportionately affected general practitioners and women.
• A Mérignac GP describes weekly verbal abuse and new security measures in her office, while caregivers say heavy workloads and violence are driving some to consider leaving the profession.