A new Talent Passport for foreign doctors


foreign doctorsThe government wants to create a new residence permit to attract foreign doctors in particular: the Talent Medical passport.

 

The aim of the new Health Talent Passport

It would be intended for health professionals and their families “as soon as they are recruited by a public or private non-profit health establishment”.

Talent – medical and pharmacy professions” is the name that the government plans to retain for a possible residence permit, intended for health professionals. His goal ? Attracting foreign doctors and “meeting the need for recruitment” in this sector.

This new multi-year residence permit concerns doctors “whatever their specialty “, midwives, dental surgeons and pharmacists, according to the text sent to the Council of State on Monday. 

According to article 7 of the text, this card is intended for health professionals and their families “as soon as they are recruited by a public or private non-profit health establishment”. 

 

Issuance of the card subject to the green light from ARS

“This title aims to meet the need for recruitment of qualified health personnel in health establishments or medico-social establishments”, in particular because these foreign practitioners cannot at present always be hired ” for lack of a residence permit fully responding to the specificity of these situations “, justifies the executive. The text thus plans to condition the issuance of the title to an authorization from the regional health agency. Its period of validity, from 1 to 4 years, will depend on the validation by the practitioner of the “EVC”, the knowledge verification tests.

 

Responding to health workforce and foreign doctors shortages

This new multi-year residence permit called “Talent – medical and pharmacy professions” concerns doctors “whatever their specialty”, midwives, dental surgeons and pharmacists, specifies the text, carried by the Ministers of Health. Interior Gérald Darmanin and Labor Olivier Dussopt. According to its article 7, this card is intended for health professionals and their families “as soon as they are recruited by a public or private non-profit health establishment”.

“This title aims to meet the need to recruit qualified health personnel”, in particular because these foreign practitioners cannot always be hired at present, “for lack of a residence permit that fully meets the specificity of these situations”, justifies the executive. The text plans to condition the issuance of the title to an authorization from the regional health agency. Its period of validity, from one to four years, will depend on the validation by the practitioner of the “EVC”, the knowledge verification tests. The issuance of this title must come into force “on an experimental basis” until December 31, 2026, after which a report will be sent to Parliament.

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