Subsection 1: Tasks

I.-As part of the tasks mentioned in 1° of article L. 1435-8, the fund participates in particular in the financing of :

1° Regional steering and support actions in the field of health prevention and observation, the evaluation of health programmes and the dissemination of good practice;

2° Actions in the field of health promotion, health education and the prevention of disease, risk behaviour and environmental risks, in particular therapeutic patient education;

3° Actions designed to screen for and diagnose communicable diseases;

4° Actions implemented as part of the prevention and management of exceptional health situations;

5° Actions to prevent trauma, disability and loss of autonomy.

II-As part of the missions mentioned in 2° of article L. 1435-8, the fund contributes in particular to financing :

1° The development of coordinated healthcare pathways and modes of practice, the aim of which is to experiment with new practices, organisations or cooperation between health and medico-social structures and healthcare professionals, in particular using health information systems;

2° Coordination support systems and specific regional systems mentioned in articles L. 6327-2 and L. 6327-6 respectively;

3° Actions aimed at improving the quality and safety of care and the provision of health services;

4° Actions aimed at improving the quality and safety of care and treatment in the medico-social sector, particularly when the complexity and urgency of situations require it;

5° Actions to encourage multidisciplinary and grouped practice by healthcare professionals;

6° Actions by the local perinatal centres mentioned in article R. 6123-50, with a view to improving the quality and safety of care.

III - In respect of the missions mentioned in 3° of article L. 1435-8, the fund contributes in particular to financing :

1° Flat-rate remuneration paid in application of article R. 6315-6 to doctors who participate in on-call care ;

2° Actions or structures that contribute to improving the availability of outpatient care, in particular on-call medical centres;

3° On-call care in health establishments as referred to in article L. 6111-1-3, in compliance with the provisions of article R. 6111-49;

4° Actions to improve the geographical distribution of healthcare professionals, in particular within the schemes mentioned in article L. 6323-5.

IV-As part of the missions mentioned in 4° of article L. 1435-8, the fund contributes in particular to financing :

1° The cost of consulting, steering and supporting the implementation of actions aimed at improving the performance of healthcare structures ;

2° Operations to modernise, adapt and restructure health establishments or groups thereof. These operations may include investment subsidies up to an amount set by order of the ministers responsible for health, social security and the budget;

3° Actions to pool the resources of health professionals and structures in the region, in terms of information systems, group purchasing, support for modernisation and restructuring or project engineering;

4° Local contracts for the improvement of working conditions, which have been the subject of a prior assessment of the situation by the health, safety and working conditions committee, as well as an agreement negotiated between the person responsible and the trade unions representing the health structure concerned;

5° Actions aimed at improving efficiency in healthcare structures, especially in terms of forward-looking management of professions, jobs and skills;

6° Individual aid, benefits and additional remuneration intended to promote the efficiency of health structures involved in modernisation and adaptation operations, especially the mobility and adaptation of their staff. The purpose of these measures is to finance expenditure relating to retraining measures, voluntary redundancy payments, mobility assistance, the reimbursement of salary differentials and the defrayal of the operating costs of social support units.

The actions mentioned from 1° to 6° may also be financed in favour of medico-social structures. The operations mentioned in 2° in favour of these structures may include capital expenditure up to an amount set by order of the ministers responsible for health, social security, the budget, the elderly and the disabled.

In private establishments, the aid for staff provided for in this article may not replace funding for the same purpose provided for by the provisions of Title Two of Book One of Part Five of the Labour Code or by collective agreements or conventions.

V.-As part of the tasks mentioned in 5° of article L. 1435-8, the fund participates in particular in the financing of any action aimed at improving the way in which the expectations and needs of users of the healthcare system are taken into account, as well as in the training of representatives of users.