Petition · past parliament

Strike a medal for those who've been working through the coronavirus pandemic.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Award the medal, posthumously if necessary, to everyone in the service sector. From refuse collection, postal workers, supermarkets, public transport, taxis, right up to doctors and nurses, and anyone else who has kept the country functioning.
Because they deserve recognition for putting their lives on the line for the benefit of others.

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 similar actions:

Award Covid-19 medals to all emergency services and involved armed forces: Award Covid-19 medals to all emergency services and involved armed forces

A medal to honour the fortitude of people working in essential occupations: A medal to honour the fortitude of people working in essential occupations

Award medals to the retired doctors and nurses who returned to NHS for COVID19: Award medals to the retired doctors and nurses who returned to NHS for COVID19

Award posthumous medals to NHS and other frontline workers; victims of covid-19: Award posthumous medals to NHS and other frontline workers; victims of 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

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

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 May 2020

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