Create a national holiday or award in honour of the NHS and Emergency Services

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

I would like to put forward that the Government and parliament discuss the idea that once the Covid-19 outbreak has been contained in the UK, our NHS staff as well as Emergency Services personnel receive either a national holiday in their name or are awarded a medal/days pay tax free every year.

It would be a great thing to be able mark the occasion as well as recognise the unrelenting effort the NHS and emergency services made during the outbreak. The day we beat the disease should be enshrined in history, future generations should know about the fantastic solidarity and personal sacrifice health care workers made during this awful time. Whether this be in the form of a new national holiday with appropriate namesake or each worker receives a medal of service/financial bursary.

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:

Create a new Bank Holiday in recognition of the NHS and all its amazing workers.
Bank holiday to thank those who helped during the COVID-19 crisis
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

Timeline

27 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
1 Apr 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Apr 2020

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