This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Award the NHS the George Cross Medal
Award the medal .
It was awarded to the island of Malta during WW11 and should be awarded all the Staff of the NHS for their devotion to duty during the Coronavirus pandemic Everyday the NHS is saving lives and putting their own lives at risk . Ask Our Prime Minster
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It needs to be done to show our country apprehension for the work of the NHS
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We cannot accept petitions that call for specific awards or honours, such as the George Cross, to be given to individuals or organisations, because we can only accept petitions about matters for which the Government or Parliament are responsible for.
There is an independent process for considering nominations for awards and honours, including the George Cross, and advising the Queen on granting these, so it is not something the Government or Parliament can do.
Information about Civilian gallantry is available here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/civilian-gallantry-operation#the-george-cross-committee
And details of how to nominate someone for an honour or award are available here: https://www.gov.uk/honours/recommend-bravery-award
You may wish to sign these petitions calling for a similar action:
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 medals to the retired doctors and nurses who returned to NHS for COVID19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/315329
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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