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After Liz Truss, Boris Johnson to visit India The UK PM will be visiting India to meet PM Modi later this month.
The functioning of the NHS has been under severe scrutiny ever since the pandemic began. However, a recent report has highlighted the glaring and heart-wrenching stories of lives that could have been saved. Itâs more than just a funding issue.
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Shefali Saxena 201 babies and nine mothers could have survived if an NHS trust had provided better care in the UKâs biggest maternity scandal at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS trust. Police are examining more than 600 cases linked to the scandal. In a letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from Donna Ockenden, Chair of the Independent Maternity Review, the latter wrote, âI publish the final report of the independent review of maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, at a time when
the NHS continues to face significant challenges arising from the coronavirus pandemic.â In her letter, Ockenden acknowledged that the NHS staff â including maternity teams who have worked throughout this pandemic â are exhausted. âWe have seen so many frontline NHS staff go above and beyond the call of duty to support and care for their patients in these truly extraordinary times. Our NHS is rightly held in high regard by so many for the lives it saves and the care it provides. Continued on page 6
Reports indicate that the British PM is heading to India and the visit is expected to focus on deepening bilateral ties between the two countries and concluding a free trade pact soon. Johnson and Modi will talk about the ongoing global Russia-Ukraine crisis. In 2021, the visit of the British leader had to be postponed twice due to the surge in Covid-19 cases. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was in India on Thursday 31 March as part of a wider diplomatic push following Russiaâs illegal invasion of Ukraine last month. In a meeting with Indiaâs External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the Foreign Secretary said that Russiaâs invasion of Ukraine underlines the importance of democracies working closer together to deter aggressors, reduce vulnerability to coercion and strengthen global security. She wants to counter Russiaâs aggression and reduce global strategic dependence on the country ahead of key NATO and G7 meetings next week. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said: âDeeper ties between Britain and India will boost security in the Indo-Pacific and globally, and create jobs and opportunities in both countries. This matters even more in the context of Russiaâs unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and underlines the need for free democracies to work closer together in areas like defence, trade and cyber security. India is an economic and tech powerhouse, the worldâs largest democracy and a great friend of Britain, and I want to build an even closer relationship between our two nations.â Continued on page 9