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French Doctors Launch 10-Day Nationwide Strike Over 2026 Social Security Law

Unions describe a broad protest against provisions they say threaten professional autonomy.

Instruments médicaux dans un cabinet à Albi, à la veille d’une grève nationale des médecins.
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Des cabinets médicaux devraient être fermés et des blocs opératoires mis à l’arrêt, avec de possibles répercussions pour l’hôpital public.
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Overview

  • The walkout began on January 5 with many offices closed and elective procedures delayed, according to organizers.
  • CSMF reports roughly 85% participation among its members and more than 15,000 doctors registered on a strike declaration platform.
  • Plans call for a large Paris demonstration on January 10 and a progressive shutdown of private clinic operating rooms from January 10–14, with some surgeons staging a symbolic trip to Brussels.
  • Grievances focus on LFSS 2026 measures allowing unilateral fee reductions, tighter oversight of sick-leave prescriptions, and adjusted reimbursement rules, even as the Constitutional Council annulled the DMP penalty.
  • The health ministry has activated continuity-of-care plans and says requisitions could be used if needed, with public hospitals likely to face added strain during winter epidemics.