Is therapeutic housing being commercialised?

Therapeutic housing is currently offered by approved outpatient psychiatric services to people suffering from mental health problems. Rumours are now circulating that the Ministry of Health is planning to entrust the management of therapeutic housing to a commercial company. DP MPs Gusty Graas and Gilles Baum asked the Minister for Health whether these rumours were true and, if so, why this course of action was being pursued rather than supporting the existing players in approved outpatient psychiatry.

Question

« La Société luxembourgeoise de psychiatrie, pédopsychiatrie et psychothérapie a récemment publié un communiqué de presse dans lequel il fait état de rumeurs selon lesquelles le ministère de la Santé étudierait la possibilité « de délivrer des agréments pour gérer des logements thérapeutiques destinées à accueillir des personnes vulnérables à des sociétés commerciales alors que la psychiatrie extrahospitalière conventionnée à but non lucratif a pu développer un modèle de prise en charge pluridisciplinaire ambulatoire depuis plus d’un demi-siècle. »

Dans ce contexte, nous aimerions poser les questions suivantes à Madame la Ministre de la Santé :

  • Madame la Ministre, est-il vrai que le ministère de la Santé a l’intention de délivrer des agréments pour la gestion de logements thérapeutiques à des sociétés commerciales ? Dans l’affirmative, pour quelles raisons a-t-il été décidé d’emprunter cette voie, qui peut être considérée comme une commercialisation de la médecine ?

Madame la Ministre, n’est-elle pas d’avis qu’il serait plus judicieux de soutenir la psychiatrie extrahospitalière conventionnée, qui s’est jusqu’à présent occupée de la prise en charge, avec des moyens supplémentaires ? Dans la négative, pour quelles raisons ? »

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