With 121,000 vacancies and 44.8% of staff feeling unwell from work stress, the NHS 10-year plan will not succeed unless the government takes immediate action to retain existing staff, writes ANNETTE MANSELL-GREEN
Annette Mansell-Green


We need a ‘right to food’ enshrined in law and universal free school meals, as 7.2 million households face food insecurity after years of devastating failed Tory policies, writes ANNETTE MANSELL-GREEN

A publicly owned and properly funded NHS, free at the point of delivery, should be the shining light of a civilised society, says ANNETTE MANSELL-GREEN

No parent should be in a position of making spending choices that include whether or not they can afford to feed their child, says ANNETTE MANSELL-GREEN

Procurement of goods for the NHS should itself be a function of the NHS, not an additional profit stream for private contractors, writes ANNETTE MANSELL-GREEN

British Dietetic Association head of trade union ANNETTE MANSELL-GREEN says staff should not have to make up for funding shortfalls from their own pockets