Where should we direct these precious extra resources? On 11 March, Rishi Sunak, the chancellor of the exchequer, presented his first budget and promised an extra £5bn (€5.7bn; $6.2bn) for public services to help them deal with covid-19.1 What is the £5bn for? £1.6bn is going to local authorities to support social care, social care staff, and the vulnerable. £1.3bn is going to support quicker discharge from NHS hospitals,2 with the aim of freeing up 15 000 beds and capacity for the expected surge in emergency admissions. The rest was not earmarked, but it is easy to see what many of the big ticket items are, at least for the NHS and social care. An unprecedented deal to buy up capacity in the private healthcare sector will come at a price (even though it is being …

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我们应该把这些宝贵的额外资源放在哪里？3月11日，财政大臣里希·苏纳克（Rishi Sunak）提出了他的第一笔预算，并承诺额外提供50亿英镑（57亿欧元； 62亿美元）用于公共服务，以帮助他们应对covid-19.1。50亿英镑的用途是什么？16亿英镑将用于地方当局，以支持社会护理，社会护理人员和弱势群体。13亿英镑将用于支持从NHS医院中更快地出院，2目的是释放15000张床位和容量，以应对预期的急诊入院人数激增。其余的没有指定用途，但是很容易看出很多大件物品，至少对于NHS和社会护理而言。购买私营医疗保健部门的空前交易将付出代价（即使它正在……