Tuesday 17 March 2015

A new plan to improve our country lives

 Manuel Valls plan to improve our lives in rural France. Look at some of the things picked up on,  digital connection being one. Well we have heard many local complaints about that.
 Medical services, well no Doctor in St. Antonin at the moment is causing havoc. A St. Antonin resident asked on facebook which Doctor to use and one after another said Sophie Bouvier at Varen. Now Sophie is good but let us hope she works under stress. Fortunately a new Doctor arrives in St. Antonin in September and dr Raynal is still there till Dec. but in truth two Doctors are needed.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who will be leading the charge, announced 50 measures aimed improving life for those in the countryside, mainly in the areas of - public services, digital connection, and health care.
"Rural life is too often associated with isolation," said Valls on Friday as he presented the plan aimed at "fighting the sense of abandonment" felt by those living in rural France.
The French PM said he would "triple" the number of points where people can access public services (maison des services publiques) in the French countryside within two years. 
He said the centres would be set up in local post offices to allow residents to carry out their administrative tasks in one place without having to travel to multiple locations often far from home.  
Valls said that one of the government's key plans was to connect the entire country by getting rid of the so-called "white zones", referring to the areas in 169 municipalities with no 2G connection, or no telecommunications at all. He said that all these areas would be totally connected "within 18 months".
He also announced plans to increase the number of health centres, pushing the total in the country passed the 800 mark this year, reported French newspaper Le Figaro. and the Local