Doctolib will derely unregulated professions, such as naturopaths and magnetizers

“5,700 practitioners, who only exercise well-being activities, will no longer be able to use the doctolib services”, Annnonce Stanislas Niox-Chateau in an interview with “world”.

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The video had aroused general indignation: on August 22, the collective The extractor, which wants to denounce the pseudo-medecines, published the extracts of an interview during which Irène Grosjean, normagish figure of naturopathy, recommended To “rub” the genitals, immersed in ice water, feverish children, to put them to sleep. Beyond this case, certain beliefs and practices of naturopathy, such as advocating fasting to patients with cancer, rose to the surface. Indirect target of this controversy, the Doctolib platform, leader in France of the medical appointment, accused of also proposing professions “not part of the medical order”, as deplored by the order of Doctors, announced the launch of a consultation with the authorities and professional orders. Its CEO, Stanislas Niox-Chateau, announces to the world the conclusions of this audit.

At the end of the summer, Doctolib was the indirect target of a controversy over the choice to reference, alongside health professionals, non -scientific practices – magnetizers, naturopaths, etc. Two months later, what choice made your business?

This is a decision that is strong and which was not obvious: we will refocus on the regulated professions. So only professionals who have an Adeli or RPPS number, who are referenced by the health authorities, will be able to use the doctolib services. This means that 5,700 practitioners, who are now users of our services and who only carry out well-being activities, will no longer be able to use Doctolib services. They have a six-month transition period, in accordance with our contractual conditions, to reorganize their management of appointments.

is it the conclusion of the consultation that you launched in the month of August, after the controversy?

Following the reports of August, we spent a little more than six weeks interacting with around forty actors: health authorities, health orders, professionals of professionals, patient associations … and there Has a consensus to say that well-being activities are legal, can be integrated into care paths, are sometimes practiced by health professionals. But the health authorities do not supervise them. There is, moreover, no objective and exhaustive means of verifying the level of qualification, training, diploma of practitioners who exercise them.

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