Construct a memorial to NHS staff who have died whilst battling Covid 19 · petition

What the petition asks

At the time of writing over 100 of our NHS staff have died whilst fighting to save the lives of people with Covid-19. The tragic reality is that this number will only rise as time goes on. These everyday heroes continued to working incredibly hard, despite the danger of the virus being well known.

As of 28th April 2020 over 100 NHS workers have died with Covid-19 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52242856). They paid the ultimate price to treat patients and they continued to go to work despite the dangers they were facing being well known. Their sacrifice should be honoured with a permanent memorial on behalf of a grateful public, where the families, friends and colleagues can come to pay tribute. This is especially important given many relatives live abroad.

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

Create a National Covid-19 Key worker memorial Commemorate the fallen: Create a National Covid-19 Key worker memorial
Commemorate the fallen

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

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