I'm launching a massive investment programme in health to:
-build new hospitals and expand capacity
-bring more people into the profession - train more HCAs in specific aspects of respiratory and covid care initially but over the longer term really work at getting the workforce capacity we need, pay staff more
-fight obesity
I'm closing the borders
I'm throwing everything at vaccinating the population (tbf think this is already happening)
I'm asking my civil servants to look at ways of incentivising people to stay at home and stop the spread rather than new ways of punishing them
I'm creating an government backed insurance system for the events industry
I'm looking at ways to support shuttered businesses with their fixed costs as well as supporting furlough
I'm going full Keynesian with my economics and will spend as much as it takes!