France Assos Santé Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Name

France Assos Santé Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Legal name

France Assos Santé Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Website

https://nouvelle-aquitaine.france-assos-sante.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Advocacy Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Systems Strengthening & Global Health Technical Assistance (BPADAEAH)

Keywords

• Patient advocacy
• Health democracy
• User representation
• Nonprofit health association
• Healthcare training

Headquarters

HQ city

Villenave d'Ornon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Association membership fees that fund the organization's operations and activities. Member associations benefit from free formation training and access to resources upon national adhesion validation.
2. Public/Institutional Funding: Support from Agence Régionale de Santé (ARS) for specific programs such as the regional network of Espaces et Maisons des Usagers. The organization receives institutional funding to promote health democracy.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

France Assos Santé Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the regional delegation of the national France Assos Santé federation, representing 100+ health user associations in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It trains and supports volunteer healthcare user representatives (Représentants des Usagers, RU) who sit on hospital users' committees (CDU) and coordinates a network of 30 Espaces et Maisons des Usagers in healthcare facilities. The organization also produces educational tools (guides, children's booklets, visibility kits) and facilitates exchanges of practice among RU.

Product overview

France Assos Santé Nouvelle-Aquitaine offers a structured portfolio of training programs and practical resources for User Representatives (Représentants des Usagers) operating within health democracy institutions across the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The core offering comprises foundational and specialized training courses ('RU en avant!', 'RU en Commission des usagers', patient safety training) supplemented by peer exchange groups for ongoing professional development. The organization also produces targeted information tools including children's rights coloring books, pediatric pain assessment booklets, RU visibility kits, and best practices guides—collectively supporting patient advocacy, rights awareness, and quality improvement in healthcare settings throughout the region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Training "RU en avant !" (User Representatives Forward) Foundational training program for newly appointed healthcare user representatives (RU) in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, covering the role, mandate, and practical skills needed to engage in regional health democracy. Targets volunteer RU appointed to hospital governance bodies.
• Training "RU en Commission des usagers (CDU)" Specialized training for healthcare user representatives serving on the Commission des Usagers (CDU), the hospital user-committee body. Focuses on the rights and obligations of RU in the CDU context. Targets volunteer RU already serving or preparing to serve on a CDU.
• Training "Renforcer la sécurité du patient" Continuing-education training for user representatives focused on patient safety. Aimed at RU wishing to deepen their understanding of patient safety issues in healthcare facilities.
• Groupe d'échanges et d'analyse de pratiques Recurring peer-exchange and practice-analysis group for user representatives, providing a structured forum to share experiences, discuss concrete cases, and analyze professional practices. Targets active volunteer RU seeking peer support.
• Espaces et Maisons des Usagers network Network of 30 dedicated user spaces (Espaces et Maisons des Usagers) located within healthcare facilities across Nouvelle-Aquitaine, providing direct on-site support, information, and listening services to patients and families. Targets patients, families, and healthcare users visiting partner facilities.
• Carnet de coloriage "Mes droits à l'hôpital" Educational coloring booklet designed for children to learn about their rights in hospital settings. Distributed via member associations and healthcare facilities. Targets hospitalized children and their families.
• Carnet douleur "Aïe, ouille !" Educational booklet on pain management designed for children, helping young patients understand and communicate their pain. Distributed via healthcare facilities and member associations. Targets children experiencing pain in hospital settings.
• Kit de visibilité des RU Visibility kit providing healthcare user representatives with branded materials (badges, identification, posters) to be recognized in their role within healthcare facilities. Targets volunteer RU serving in hospitals.
• Guide de bonnes pratiques pour une CDU réussie Best-practice guide for running an effective Commission des Usagers (CDU) in a healthcare facility, providing practical recommendations for CDU members and chairpersons. Targets RU and CDU chairpersons in hospitals.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30 spaces/maisons des usagers supported across the region
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• Agence Régionale de Santé (ARS) Nouvelle-AquitainecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe regional health agency provides institutional support and funding for health democracy programs. France Assos Santé collaborates with ARS on consultations regarding regional health policies, emergency medicine structuring, and the network of Espaces et Maisons des Usagers. The partnership involves joint initiatives for healthcare user representation and policy advocacy.
• URPS Infirmiers Libéraux Nouvelle-AquitainestrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the Livre Blanc regarding nursing consultations, where France Assos Santé contributed the patient/user perspective on expanded nursing competencies and their role in addressing medical desert issues.
• Fédération Hospitalière de France (FHF), FHP, FEHAPstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerThree national hospital federations partnered with France Assos Santé for the webinaire 'Pour une mandature réussie' supporting healthcare user representative training in hospital commissions.
• UFC Que ChoisircoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor consumer health association and founding member of the network; President Yvette Martin leads the regional delegation. Represents consumer interests in health policy.
• Fédération Française des DiabétiquescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVice-President Michel Chapeaud represents this diabetes patient federation in the Bureau. Active participant in healthcare representation activities.
• France Alzheimer Nouvelle-AquitainecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBureau member Marie-Hélène Bielle represents this Alzheimer's association. Multiple departmental chapters (19, 24, 33, 40, 47) participate in the network.
• AIDEScoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor HIV and hepatitis advocacy organization; Bureau member Christiane Millien represents this association in regional health democracy activities.
• Ligue contre le cancercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCancer patient advocacy with multiple departmental committees (16, 19, 23, 24, 33, 40, 64). Bureau member Jean-Arnaud Elissalde-Bonnet represents the league.
• FNATHcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAccident victims advocacy association; Bureau member Serge Lafargue represents FNATH. FNATH Grand Sud also participates in disability representation.
• APF France HandicapcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor disability advocacy organization with departmental delegations in Gironde, Haute-Vienne, Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, and a regional direction. Active in healthcare user representation.
• France ADOTcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOrgan and tissue donation federation with 71 departmental associations, founded 1969. Joined France Assos Santé in March 2025, bringing organ donation advocacy to the network.
• FNARcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNational federation of retiree associations; represents elderly and retired persons' interests in healthcare and social policy through Collège 2.
• Petits Frères des PauvrescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPoverty organization serving elderly in precarity; represented in Comité Régional by Jean-Paul Dutertre under Collège 6 for precarious situations.
• URAF Nouvelle-AquitainecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional union of family associations; represented by Jean-Philippe Nore in Comité Régional under Collège 4 for family associations.
• CLCV Nouvelle-AquitainecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorConsumer consumption and life association; Michel Toury represents CLCV in Comité Régional under Collège 5 for consumer associations.
• Crédit Agricole Charente-Maritime Deux-SèvresminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBanking institution that partnered with APCLP (prostate cancer association) for October Pink/Movember breast and prostate cancer awareness campaigns.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CLCV (Consommation, Logement et Cadre de Vie): Consumer protection association represented in the subject organization's Comité Régional under the consumer defense college. Engages on healthcare costs and consumer rights with similar advocacy structure and regional representation.
• UFC-Que Choisir: Major consumer defense association whose regional president leads the subject organization's Bureau. Operates complementary advocacy on healthcare costs and consumer rights, with overlapping member association and policy engagement structures in the region.
• Fédération Française des Diabétiques: National diabetes patient federation whose representative serves as Vice-President of the subject organization. Member association with strong regional advocacy infrastructure and patient rights representation activities.
• France Assos Santé: National parent federation of which this organization is a regional delegation. France Assos Santé unites patient and healthcare user associations across France, providing the same advocacy, training, and representation model at national level. Operationally aligned with shared governance and member association framework.
• Mutualité Française Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Regional mutual health organization representing mutual insurance societies. Operates in the same geography with overlapping health democracy and user representation activities, including co-organization of regional États généraux de la Santé conferences.
• Ligue contre le cancer: National cancer patient advocacy federation with departmental committees participating in France Assos Santé's network. Comparable disease-specific advocacy organization with regional representation structure and user representation mandates.

Broad incumbents

• European Patients' Forum: EU-level umbrella of patient associations. Comparable as an aggregating platform for patient advocacy with policy influence mandate, though operating at European rather than regional level and without direct training provision.
• UNAF (Union Nationale des Associations Familiales): National federation representing family associations in France with regional delegations. Comparable as an umbrella organization aggregating member associations to advocate on social/health policy, though focused on family issues rather than healthcare user rights specifically.
• UNAPEI: National federation of disability associations in France. Comparable as an advocacy umbrella for member associations across disability issues, with regional delegations and policy representation activities analogous to the subject's college structure.

Emerging players

• Santé Info Droits: Health rights information service operated by France Assos Santé national. Operates as a parallel service providing individual legal/social information on health rights, complementing the subject organization's collective advocacy and training mandate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FAS.NouvelleAquitaine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/france-assos-sant%C3%A9-nouvelle-aquitaine

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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