{"id":258308,"date":"2025-07-02T21:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T21:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:05:08","slug":"matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Hancock accused of insulting &#8216;memory of every COVID victim&#8217; over inquiry comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/WKKPczssJ50\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Hancock accused of insulting 'memory of every COVID victim' over inquiry comments\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WKKPczssJ50\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Former health secretary Matt Hancock has been accused of insulting the &quot;memory of each and every person who died&quot; over his description of the way patients were discharged into care homes during the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the inquiry into the government&#8217;s handling of the crisis, Mr Hancock said discharging patients from hospitals to care homes in the early stages of the pandemic was &quot;the least-worst decision&quot; at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments-13391484<\/p>\n<p>#covid #health #politics<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews<\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/<br \/>\nFor more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former health secretary Matt Hancock has been accused of insulting the &quot;memory of each and every person who died&quot; over his description of the way patients were discharged into care homes during the COVID pandemic. Speaking at the inquiry into the government&#8217;s handling of the crisis, Mr Hancock said discharging patients from hospitals to care [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":258309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[128872,129066,129067],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-258308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-former","tag-health","tag-secretary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matt Hancock accused of insulting &#039;memory of every COVID victim&#039; over inquiry comments | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Matt Hancock accused of insulting &#039;memory of every COVID victim&#039; over inquiry comments for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matt Hancock accused of insulting &#039;memory of every COVID victim&#039; over inquiry comments | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Matt Hancock accused of insulting &#039;memory of every COVID victim&#039; over inquiry comments for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-02T20:05:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/WKKPczssJ50\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"headline\":\"Matt Hancock accused of insulting &#8216;memory of every COVID victim&#8217; over inquiry comments\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-02T20:05:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":219,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-337.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"former\",\"Health\",\"Secretary\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sky News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\\\/\",\"name\":\"Matt Hancock accused of insulting 'memory of every COVID victim' over inquiry comments | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-337.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-02T20:05:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"description\":\"Watch Matt Hancock accused of insulting 'memory of every COVID victim' over inquiry comments for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-337.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-337.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Matt Hancock accused of insulting &#8216;memory of every COVID victim&#8217; over inquiry comments\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Matt Hancock accused of insulting 'memory of every COVID victim' over inquiry comments | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Matt Hancock accused of insulting 'memory of every COVID victim' over inquiry comments for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Matt Hancock accused of insulting 'memory of every COVID victim' over inquiry comments | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Matt Hancock accused of insulting 'memory of every COVID victim' over inquiry comments for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2025-07-02T20:05:08+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/WKKPczssJ50\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"headline":"Matt Hancock accused of insulting &#8216;memory of every COVID victim&#8217; over inquiry comments","datePublished":"2025-07-02T20:05:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/"},"wordCount":219,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-337.jpg","keywords":["former","Health","Secretary"],"articleSection":["Sky News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/","name":"Matt Hancock accused of insulting 'memory of every COVID victim' over inquiry comments | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-337.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-02T20:05:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"description":"Watch Matt Hancock accused of insulting 'memory of every COVID victim' over inquiry comments for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-337.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-337.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/matt-hancock-accused-of-insulting-memory-of-every-covid-victim-over-inquiry-comments\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Matt Hancock accused of insulting &#8216;memory of every COVID victim&#8217; over inquiry comments"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258308"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=258308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}