{"id":5913,"date":"2025-05-05T10:18:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/?p=5913"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:18:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:18:46","slug":"2nd-parliamentary-day-of-thermalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/2nd-parliamentary-day-of-thermalism\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Parliamentary Day of Thermalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hydrotherapy is a medicine of public utility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Organized by the Senator of Puy-de-D\u00f4me <strong>Jean-Marc Boyer<\/strong>, under the high patronage of the President of the Senate G\u00e9rard Larcher, this day reaffirmed a reality: <strong>hydrotherapy is a medicine of public utility, scientifically proven, which must be defended and strengthened<\/strong>. It was an opportunity to reaffirm the essential role of thermal medicine in public health responses to the challenges of ageing, chronic diseases and access to care.<br><br><strong>Local and national elected officials, researchers, doctors, patients and stakeholders in the sector have joined their voices to recall that:<\/strong><br>&#8211; Faced with the ageing of the population, the development of chronic diseases and medical desertification, spa treatments offer concrete, preventive and personalised solutions.<br>&#8211; Spa resorts create jobs, increase medical attractiveness and facilitate access to care in rural areas.<br>&#8211; And above all, a unanimous message emerged: maintaining the reimbursement of cures is essential, because their effectiveness is proven and their usefulness is undeniable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hydrotherapy is a natural, integrative and sustainable medicine, which is a strategic therapeutic alternative, in line with the contemporary challenges of the health system. In 2024, more than 470,000 patients have benefited from this non-drug, patient-centered medical approach with scientifically proven therapeutic benefits \u2014 in rheumatology, phlebology, dermatology, and much more.<br><br><strong>Thierry Dubois, President of the CNETh<\/strong> <strong>and European Spas Association<\/strong>, recalled that: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;De-reimbursing spa treatments, as recommended by the Court of Auditors, would not bring any budgetary savings and would deprive more than 470,000 patients of essential care each year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CNETh_2nd-Parliamentary-Day-of-Thermal-2-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CNETh_2nd-Parliamentary-Day-of-Thermal-2-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CNETh_2nd-Parliamentary-Day-of-Thermal-2-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CNETh_2nd-Parliamentary-Day-of-Thermal-2-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CNETh_2nd-Parliamentary-Day-of-Thermal-2-1-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CNETh_2nd-Parliamentary-Day-of-Thermal-2-1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CNETh_2nd-Parliamentary-Day-of-Thermal-2-1-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CNETh_2nd-Parliamentary-Day-of-Thermal-2-1-1068x1424.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CNETh_2nd-Parliamentary-Day-of-Thermal-2-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The CNETh remains mobilised to make thermal medicine a sustainable part of national health and regional development strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cneth\/posts\/?feedView=all\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cneth\/posts\/?feedView=all<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hydrotherapy is a medicine of public utility Organized by the Senator of Puy-de-D\u00f4me Jean-Marc Boyer, under the high patronage of the President of the Senate G\u00e9rard Larcher, this day reaffirmed a reality: hydrotherapy is a medicine of public utility, scientifically proven, which must be defended and strengthened. 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