Honour the NHS with the George Cross for courage and service · petition

What the petition asks

If you've stood on your doorstep this week to clap for our key workers, then sign this petition for the George Cross - a lasting tribute to the NHS.

The George Cross is the UK's highest civilian honour. The NHS should now receive one too for courage and service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

There's a mountain to climb before the coronavirus pandemic is over. We want to give thanks now to all NHS staff, doing their day-to-day duties with kindness and humanity in extreme circumstances. We hope that the George Cross will help honour key workers who have sadly lost their lives in doing their job.

Every household has something to thank the NHS for, from birth to death, in all nations and regions of the UK. The George Cross has been awarded to organisations before. Time to do so again.

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.

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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

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