More than 5,500 GPs are missing And more and more citizens are struggling to find a professional, especially in large regions. Moreover, compared to Thousands of retirementthe number Young doctors who choose this profession will continue to decrease. An alarming situation to the point that the figure of the General practitioner risks disappear?
‘Alarm About the lack of GPs – Nino Cartabellotta, president of the Gimbe Foundation – explains – It is now about all regions and has the carrots in it insufficient programmingwho did not guarantee the change in generation with regard to expected retirement. In recent years then, The profession has lost more and more attractivenessmaking it often difficult for citizens to find a general practitioner near the house, with the resulting discomfort and health risks, especially for the older and vulnerable people“.
The crisis of the profession in figures
The Gimbe Foundation has analyzed dynamics and critical issues of the regulations that regulate the insertion of the general practitioner to the National Health Service, which estimates the extent of their shortage of the Italian regions. Nevertheless, “specifies Cartabellotta” “It was possible to make only an average regional estimate of shortcomings, Because the real need for general practitioners is determined by the individual ASL in their respective territorial areas. Further, The 21 different regional additional agreements introduce considerable variability in the distribution of customers for family doctorswith the risk of stimulating real needs compared to specific local situations“.
The lack of GPs in Italy is one of the most important critical issues of the National Health Service. According to the president of the Gimbe Foundation “The criteria for defining the maximum number of customers for general practitioners have never considered the demographic evolution of the past 40 years, nor do they take the projections for the following decade into account “. From 1984 to 2024, the population of an age equal to or older than 65 has almost doubled, 12.9% ((7.29 millionAlready 24% ((14.18 million), while the percentage of more than 80 is more than tripled, the reaching of the 7.7% ((4.5 million). IStat -forecasts indicate that By 2034, the more than 65 29.4% will represent of the population e More than 80 9.1%, With a significant increase in the demand for care for chronic pathologies.
Over the 51.7% Doctors has more than 1500 helped – limit set by the technician, the national collective agreement – with peaks of 74% in Lombardy and the 68.7% in Veneto. This overload reduces the time devoted to patients and endangers the quality of the aid. A worse situation also of the increase in lack of areas, where the optimal relationship between doctors and population has disappeared One every 1,000 inhabitants A one every 1,200A change that according to Cartabellotta, “It’s just a trick to mask the shortage.
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