Submitted on Friday 3rd April 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 19th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Establish a National NHS Memorial Day
I call on the UK Parliament to create a National NHS Day of Remembrance, with an appropriate national ceremony, to recognise those NHS staff who have died as a direct result of their NHS service, and a National Memorial to commerate their selfless bravery.
In the last week alone the UK has lost at least 6 NHS front-line medical staff to COVID-19. It is likely that more will tragically join this group before the current pandemic is over.
The front-line staff of our beloved NHS - doctors, nurses, paramedics, diagnosticians, and so many support workers - dedicate themselves to saving lives. For them to lose their lives in the course of doing to their best to save others - whether from infection, assault, etc, deserves national recognition.
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You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:
National holiday of remembrance of those who died during the virus covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/311923
Designate a day for the recognition of our NHS and all Emergency Services: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308614
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