DOCTOLIB CLEAN UP ITS PLATFORM

“To live up to expectations and provide patients with objective and verified information on the professionals present on our site, we have decided to list on Doctolib exclusively the professionals referenced by the health authorities. For these professionals, we are in a position to verify the right to practice”, emphasizes Doctolib.

The French company specializing in making appointments had indeed been at the heart of a controversy on social networks, two months ago, after Internet users revealed the presence of naturopaths with questionable and disputed practices. In response, she had initially “suspended making appointments for 17 profiles”.

Among the disciplines that pose a problem, naturopathy. This practice of helping the body heal on its own has many abuses. Naturopathy has become in a few years, a very competitive sector. The only French Federation of Naturopathic Schools (Fena), which brings together eight schools, recognizes at the last count 6,000 approved naturopaths.

And their number would have increased by 20 to 25% per year over the past ten years.