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Remember Captain Tom Moore by naming NHS hospital wards after him

Submitted on Saturday 18th April 2020

Rejected on Wednesday 20th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

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Remember Captain Tom Moore by naming NHS hospital wards after him

Petition Details

Remember the heroic efforts of Captain Tom by naming hospital wards after him. That way for generations to come who will ask who is Captain Tom when in hospital his heroics can be explained. His legacy should live on.

Additional Information

So Captain Tom can be remembered for generations to come.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The naming of hospitals or individual wards is a matter for NHS England and individual NHS trusts, and not the Government or Parliament. You can read the NHS's identity guidelines here: www.england.nhs.uk/nhsidentity/identity-guidelines/naming-principles/

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

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