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Award the NHS the George Cross in recognition of the hard work during Covid-19.

Submitted on Friday 17th April 2020

Rejected on Friday 22nd May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Award the NHS the George Cross in recognition of the hard work during Covid-19.

Petition Details

In 1942 King George VI awarded the island of Malta the George Cross in "recognition of their continuing and heroic struggle". In this time of enormous pressure on the whole NHS in their own continuing struggle with Covid-19 I think that their efforts should be recognised.

Additional Information

There are many people working for the NHS as doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants, porters, cooks, cleaners, administration staff, technical support and delivery drivers. All of these people are helping the whole country to survive the Covid-19 crisis. It is an unprecedented event and it is putting a lot of people under immense pressure in caring for the large number of patients that are being admitted to hospital.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We cannot accept petitions that call for specific awards or honours, such as the George Cross, to be given to individuals or organisations, because we can only accept petitions about matters for which the Government or Parliament are responsible for.

There is an independent process for considering nominations for awards and honours, including the George Cross, and advising the Queen on granting these, so it is not something the Government or Parliament can do.

Information about Civilian gallantry is available here: www.gov.uk/guidance/civilian-gallantry-operation#the-george-cross-committee

And details of how to nominate someone for an honour or award are available here: www.gov.uk/honours/recommend-bravery-award

You may wish to sign these petitions calling for a similar 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

Award medals to the retired doctors and nurses who returned to NHS for COVID19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/315329

Award posthumous medals to NHS and other frontline workers; victims of covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312389

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

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