Petition · past parliament

Name a hospital or wing after 99yo Captain Tom Moore for fundraising for NHS.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Would like to see Captain Tom Moore recognized for his fundraising now reaching over £5m for the NHS charities. As such feel a Hospital or Wing should be named in this recognition.
The man is someone who has given so much service to this country and he still does even at the age of 99 years and deserves to be thanked not only by the general public but also the UK government.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The naming of hospitals is a matter for NHS England and individual NHS trusts, and not the Government or Parliament. You can read the NHS's identity guidelines here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhsidentity/identity-guidelines/naming-principles/

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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 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

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

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 May 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.