Submitted on Saturday 28th March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 1st April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
New bank holiday called NHS Day on the 23rd of March each year
We would like the government to instate a new bank holiday in the UK to commemorate the day the UK went into lockdown due to Covid 19. This day will honour our National Health Service and it’s employees who have and continue to give their upmost during the outbreak and throughout the year.
The NHS is the backbone of the UK. During the crisis many NHS staff will become ill from treating and coming into contact with Covid patients, there will also be those who pay the ultimate price for the service. The NHS and it’s staff deserve the respect and honour a bank holiday would bring to them. The crisis will test its very core and it is the staff who will work tirelessly to care for the sick and dying, as the do throughout the year. The NHS now, more than ever, deserves this recognition
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