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Award the George Cross to the NHS post Covid 19 pandemic.

Submitted on Wednesday 1st April 2020

Rejected on Wednesday 15th April 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Award the George Cross to the NHS post Covid 19 pandemic.

Petition Details

The courage and dedication of NHS staffs during the Coronavirus pandemic demands post-crisis recognition. There is precedent for collective award of the George Cross - eg Malta. The NHS should be awarded the George Cross post pandemic, and the Cross should be incorporated in the NHS logo.

Additional Information

To reward, non financially, the courage and dedication of NHS staffs working selflessly in the Coronavirus pandemic


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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 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

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

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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