I work for the NHS and I don't like it either. Admittedly, I work in IT not on the frontline - I don't even use my NHS ID badge to jump the queue for food shopping which I can do.
I have to endure the clapping where I live - including saucepan banging and car horn blaring. There was also shouting, couldn't quite make it out, but I like to think it was along the lines "Shut the f*** up!"