Submitted on Thursday 30th April 2020
Rejected on Friday 22nd May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Petition HM The Queen to award the George Cross to the NHS
In meeting the Covid-19 pandemic face on, the doctors, nurses and all the staff of the NHS have been in the front line and have, on every day, displayed acts of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger to themselves, showing complete disregard for their own safety.
The Covid-19 virus pandemic has faced the health professionals of the United Kingdom with the most dangerous situation experienced in a century. In doing their duty on a daily basis without question, ministering with the utmost compassion to the sick and the dying, all the members of the NHS have more than met the criteria for the award of the George Cross. As a national institution, there could be no more worthy a recipient of this signal national recognition than the NHS as a whole.
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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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