Abstract
Human resources represent the most important and most expensive part of health care. Anticipating the need for human resources through a forward planning of jobs and skills (FPJS), represents, today, a fundamental challenge in a health, social and medico-social context undergoing profound mutation. Established by the « law Borloo », «FPJS » is often seen as a paradoxical notion with a double face, of which the unclear contours, confer on it, multiple interpretations Often considered as a simple obligatory mechanism, source of sanction and jurisprudence litigation, nevertheless, « FPJS » has to be seen « differently ». If it's true that it's sometimes the first sign of restructuring, it is, above all, a real predictive and operational « approach » to anticipate and manage the human resource needs, in order to develop activities of health facilities and ensure the quality of patients care.