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Mint a medal for all NHS staff to commemorate the Covid19 pandemic

Submitted on Friday 27th March 2020

Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Mint a medal for all NHS staff to commemorate the Covid19 pandemic

Petition Details

Provide a medal to all NHS and ambulance staff to commemorate their actions on behalf of the country during the Covid19 pandemic. To be issued in two classes, a bronze version for all staff who worked in none patient facing roles and a silver one for those who dealt directly with patients.

Additional Information

The country showed their appreciation and support for the NHS on the evening of Thursday 27th March but a more permanent commemoration should be made in the way that soldiers are issued with campaign medals for their service.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302613

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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Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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