To: Councillor Rachael Robathan & MP Nickie Aiken - for Cities of London and Westminster

COVID-19 NHS MEMORIALS: Waive the 10 Year Principle for Monuments in Westminster

The Westminster Monuments Supplementary Planning Document states that a 10 Year Principle will apply to any application for monuments to be put up in the area following a disaster/crises such as covid-19. We want this 10 year period waived to be able to commemorate NHS & Health workers who have died from coronavirus with a purpose built memorial before the year 2030.

Why is this important?

As it stands over 110 NHS workers have lost their lives to the coronavirus disease, putting themselves in harms way on the front-line to treat sufferers of COVID-19. The war against COVID-19 is primarily fought by the many health workers up and down the country and they should be recognised as soldiers of war under these circumstance. Those NHS workers who have lost their lives to this war on coronavirus must be commemorated and remembered in a Westminster monument before the year 2030.
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