Skip to main content
Valuing our NHS team
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
Hospital

THERE has never been a time when our NHS workers have been in such sharp public focus. 

The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the skill, compassion, versatility and commitment of everyone from nurses, administrators, consultants, dietitians, phlebotomists, podiatrists, radiographers, physiotherapists and others. 

Some have thrived but so many others are broken. The pandemic has had a severe impact on staff — they have been under huge amounts of pressure and are exhausted, traumatised and are now struggling with their own physical and mental health.

Morning Star call for advertising
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
08/03/07 of pupils eating school dinners
TUC Congress 2024 / 10 September 2024
10 September 2024
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 volunteer prepares free packed lunch bags for local kids d
TUC WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 2021 / 2 March 2021
2 March 2021
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
PPE
TUC CONGRESS 2020 / 14 September 2020
14 September 2020
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
Poverty is causing many people to struggle with basic nutrit
TUC Congress ’19 / 8 September 2019
8 September 2019
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