The Government recommend to Her Majesty that the NHS be awarded the George Cross · petition

What the petition asks

On behalf of the Nation, to show our gratitude, the Government and Parliament should recommend to Her Majesty that the NHS be awarded the George Cross for outstanding bravery in risking their lives to save others during the current Corona Virus Pandemic.

The George Cross is the nation's highest award to civilians for bravery. In fighting the current Corona Virus Pandemic staff across the NHS are putting themselves at risk to save the lives of others. To show the Nation's gratitude the Government should recommend to Her Majesty that the George Cross be awarded to the whole of the NHS for outstanding bravery. The George Cross is rarely awarded to groups, however exceptions do exist including the Island of Malta for gallantry during the War.

Why it was rejected

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

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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

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