Health

#SFHP2617414AMobilisation of France's Health Reserve for Heatwave Response

🇫🇷France··Other·High Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

France is mobilising its health reserve from 27 June 2026 for one month, with one possible renewal, to support the health system during a heatwave in mainland France and Corsica. Reservists may be assigned to public and private hospitals, health and social-care facilities, regional health agencies, other health structures, and the national public health agency. The measure is mainly aimed at strengthening staffing and operational capacity during the heatwave response.

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Key Changes

  • Mobilises the health reserve from 27 June 2026 for one month
  • Allows the mobilisation period to be renewed once
  • Permits reservists to be assigned across hospitals, care facilities, regional health agencies, other health structures, and the national public health agency

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Mobilise the health reserve from 27 June 2026 for one month to reinforce health-system actors managing the heatwave in mainland France and Corsica and to support the national public health agency’s implementation of the mobilisation.

Agence nationale de santé publique
From 27 June 2026 for one month, renewable once
operational
medium

Execute the order mobilising the health reserve and ensure its publication in the Journal officiel de la République française.

Director General of the Agence nationale de santé publique
operational

Affected Parties

Health reserve personnelPublic and private healthcare providers+3 more…

Tags

public health,heatwave,health workforce