Overview
- The government announced 10,260 intern posts for the November 2026 promotion, a rise of 1,341 positions or about 15% versus 2025.
- General medicine receives 4,070 places, roughly 40% of the total, reflecting a policy focus on first‑line care.
- Several specialties under staffing pressure get notable boosts, including dermatology (+25%), pediatrics (+20.3%), emergency medicine (+19.8%) and psychiatry (+18.1%).
- The increase targets regions with access problems, with bigger allocations planned for Centre‑Val de Loire, Nouvelle‑Aquitaine and Hauts‑de‑France.
- Officials frame the step as a concrete result of ending the numerus clausus; unions note that a 2024 selection reform had sharply cut the previous cohort and raised hospital workloads, so actual relief will depend on recruitment, training capacity and deployment.