Issue official recognition to NHS staff involved with the fight against COVID 19 · petition

What the petition asks

Respectfully obtain permission from Her Royal Highness The Queen to authorise the Royal Mint to create a medal to be awarded to all frontline NHS staff and key workers directly involved in the national fight against COVID19

Serving military personnel are decorated for their bravery when serving the country on the frontline in the face of The Queens adversaries. COVID 19 ensures that since the inception of the NHS, it’s staff have never faced such danger. It is not the British military who the country look toward in the face of this national crisis, it is into the faces of every single person exposing themselves, every single day, to this novel virus which is as deadly as any adversary our military has ever faced.

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 this petition calling for the same action: Award Covid-19 medals to all emergency services and involved armed forces

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

Timeline

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