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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Create an NHS bank holiday and honour significant lockdown heroes.

After this is all over to create a special day for commemorating NHS and all other key workers during this historic Coronavirus event. Award honours to significant contributors.

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An example of an honour would be HM The Queen awarding Capt. Tom Moore a knighthood on his 100th birthday as this war veteran has raised such a massive amount of money for NHS and lifted morale all round.

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Create a new Bank Holiday in recognition of the NHS and all its amazing workers: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303882

Introduce a 'one off' bank holiday after covid-19 pandemic to boost morale: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304513

Bank holiday to thank those who helped during the COVID-19 crisis: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307364

You can nominate people directly for honours: https://www.gov.uk/honours

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

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