Petition · past parliament
Establish military style compensation for NHS workers who die fighting Covid-19.
Rejected
18 signatures
What the petition asks
Compensation to be paid to the families of NHS staff, both permanent staff and those who returned voluntarily after the government's call, who die whilst helping to fight Covid-19. The compensation should be in line with what soldiers would be entitled to if they die whilst deployed at war.
The current reality of NHS work is that doing your job means risking your life. Despite this, not only are doctors and nurses working hard while the rest of us stay safe, but thousands of retired NHS staff are returning to help in the war against Covid-19. We rightly respect soldiers because they run towards conflict so we don't have to. In this case, it is NHS staff who risk their lives for us and, should they lose them, they should be compensated for their sacrifice just as a soldier would be.
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 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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://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: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
Timeline
| 3 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 28 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
18
Status
Rejected
Rejected
28 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.