Rejected petition Award the George Cross to NHS staff who die helping patients in covid19 crisis

In other sectors of public service if a person dies in the service of the country they are awarded the George Cross medal. I propose that NHS staff and others who die helping patients and people in the country during the corona virus crisis are awarded the George Cross.

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I'm proposing this in recognition of their selfless acts of bravery to help patients, with safety equipment shortages, which may put their own lives in danger.

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You may wish to sign these petitions calling for similar actions:

Award Covid-19 medals to all emergency services and involved armed forces: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302613

A medal to honour the fortitude of people working in essential occupations: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308035

Award posthumous medals to NHS and other frontline workers; victims of covid-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312389

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/

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Date submitted 6 April 2020
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