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"Outsourced" in the lead?

Am I missing something? Why do we think "outsourced" should be the first thing mentioned in the lead? MOS:FIRST says: The first sentence should tell the nonspecialist reader what, or who, the subject is. How does that insignificant titbit help to tell the reader what the subject is? Surely, the fact that it is outsourced, as with many, if not most, other government-commissioned taxpayer-funded public services, is totally irrelevant. I propose removing it from the lead. -- DeFacto (talk). 17:31, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree if the organisation's name was "Test and Trace". The nonspecialist reader will assume from the NHS prefix that it's an integral part of the NHS. Wire723 (talk) 18:40, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wire723, it's an NHS service just like all the other NHS-branded services are. Indeed NHS England are very clear about their branding and say: All NHS services should be clearly branded NHS, regardless of who the provider is, so that it’s clear to the patient that it is an NHS funded service which meets NHS quality standards.[1] This is an NHS funded service, so we shouldn't try to muddy the waters. The minutia of the way the work is sourced belongs in the body (if anywhere) and not at the start of the first sentence in the lead, where it is imparts totally undue weight to it. -- DeFacto (talk). 19:19, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure about 'NHS funded' – I doubt if NHS England have any control over this spending. Can we compromise by moving "outsourced" to the 2nd para of the intro? Wire723 (talk) 18:36, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wire723, yes, that sounds better to me. -- DeFacto (talk). 12:31, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't seem to be giving it undue weight in the article at all, if anything the addition of NHS by those who named it when the NHS has nothing to do with it is giving undue weight on the NHS... 80.42.7.227 (talk) 12:51, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Undue weight to allegations of overspending on consultants?

Could colleagues examine my edit of 09:43, 17 November 2020‎ and comment if appropriate?

Thanks

Videodragons (talk) 12:56, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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