Petition · past parliament

Create an October bank holiday to commemorate the work of NHS and Key Workers.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Create a bank holiday in October to commeroate the hard work of NHS staff and Key Workers.
The COVID19 outbreak has highlighted the importance of the work done by NHS staff and Key Workers. To show our appreciation we should celebrate with a bank holiday in their honour. There are no bank holidays between August and December so October 26th would be a good time during school holidays to have bank holiday.

Not only would this be a time to honour them it would also serve as a reminder of the hard work we all did in pulling together for the collective, greater good.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:

Move all bank holidays to a time after Coronavirus Lockdown: Move all bank holidays to a time after Coronavirus Lockdown

Bank holiday to thank those who helped during the COVID-19 crisis: Bank holiday to thank those who helped during the COVID-19 crisis

Create a new Bank Holiday in recognition of the NHS and all its amazing workers: Create a new Bank Holiday in recognition of the NHS and all its amazing workers.

Introduce a 'one off' bank holiday after covid-19 pandemic to boost morale: Introduce a 'one off' bank holiday after covid-19 pandemic to boost morale.

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

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://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: https://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: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

23 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
15 Apr 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Apr 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.