Submitted on Friday 20th March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 15th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Collectively award the George Cross to all NHS staff after the Covid-19 pandemic
The U.K. Government should put forward a suggestion for the awarding of a collective George Cross to all NHS staff following the end of the coronavirus pandemic.
As the highest civilian honour that can awarded, the George Cross is a prestigious decoration founded to honour those civilians who showed acts of heroism in the Second World War. Likened to the Blitz, we are pushing through this pandemic and for that we owe our NHS. Only twice has the George Cross been awarded to a collective; the people of Malta after their air bombardment during WWII and the Royal Ulster Contablury for their hard work in the Troubles. An award to this NHS is much deserved.
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You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action.
Award Covid-19 medals to all emergency services and involved armed forces: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302613
A medal to honour the fortitude of people working in essential occupations: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308035
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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