At an extraordinary general meeting held on Monday evening, the Association of Salaried Hospital Doctors (MSH) voted to amend its governing rules. The change means that all doctors practising in hospitals, including self-employed specialists with hospital activity, can now join the organisation, according to a press release.
This development comes as the Association of Doctors and Dentists (AMMD) continues to call for greater liberalisation in the medical sector, despite their recent efforts to moderate their demands.
The MSH will also operate under a new name. MSH now stands for “Médecins du Secteur Hospitalier” – Hospital Sector Doctors – rather than Salaried Hospital Doctors. The updated name is intended to reflect the diversity of medical practice within Luxembourg’s hospitals as well as the unifying role hospital physicians play in the national healthcare system.
According to the press release, the aim of this reform is to represent the interests of all hospital doctors as a single professional body. The organisation reiterated its advocacy for mandatory conventioning, which it considers essential to ensuring equal access to care, and its clear opposition to the full liberalisation of medical tariffs, arguing that such a system would lead to a two-tier healthcare model.
The MSH added in the press release that its position is not intended to undermine the interests of community-based doctors. On the contrary, it stressed the importance of respectful dialogue and cooperation across all medical sectors, with a shared ambition: the continuous improvement of Luxembourg’s healthcare system for the benefit of patients, doctors, and institutions alike.
The revised governing rules also introduce a more representative governance model. The future board will have to include doctors from at least four different institutions, among them at least three of the country’s four acute hospitals, ensuring broader, more balanced representation across the hospital sector. According to the press release, a new elective general assembly will be held in early 2026 to establish this expanded and more pluralistic board.
