Set up a national memorial to all NHS staff and carers who died tackling Covid19 · petition

What the petition asks

To set up a national memorial to all those NHS staff and carers who paid the ultimate sacrifice in tackling the corona virus. Their selfless and brave efforts helped to keep the public safe. Tragically many of them paid with their lives. We should publicly acknowledge the huge debt we owe them.

These people put their own safety aside to help care for and save others lives, tragically paying the ultimate sacrifice in some cases. They should be remembered in the same way that we remember the armed services who fought for our freedom. They are our true heroes. A national memorial would be a fitting tribute to them. In addition the best way to honour their memory would be for the government to enshrine in law that the NHS will remain publicly funded and not sold off in a trade deal.

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:

A memorial for NHS, care, allied professionals, who die as a result of COVID:19: A memorial for NHS, care, allied professionals, who die as a result of COVID:19

Commission a Memorial Plaque to honour and remember UK victims of the Covid-19: Commission a Memorial Plaque to honour and remember UK victims of the Covid-19

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

4 Apr 2020	Petition opened for signatures
22 May 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee