France, May 30 -- The French government has unveiled a long-awaited reform that will make it easier for healthcare professionals trained outside the European Union to regularise their professional status, as the country grapples with a severe shortage of doctors.

The decrees, published in the Journal Officiel-the official government gazette, which publishes laws, decrees and regulations -revise the rules for so-called PADHUE - health professionals with non-EU medical degrees, many of whom have been working in understaffed French hospitals for years.

The move fulfils a promise made by President Emmanuel Macron in January 2024 and affects around 5,000 healthcare professionals, including doctors, midwives, dentists and pharmacists.

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