Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Direct care


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. I hope some editors can spend time improving this article and adding new sources to it. Liz Read! Talk! 07:03, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Direct care

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The term "direct care" could mean almost anything in the English language e.g. "I am taking direct care of my dog", "The painting was placed under direct care of the museum". With regards to its meaning in the NHS, I could only find a single reputable source here, and even so that does not justify an article.

Essentially this is an incredibly vague term, which perhaps has a specific niche meaning in the NHS, but certainly not enough to warrant an article.

The article is essentially saying "direct care is the direct care of a patient in the NHS".

Most of the rest is just tangential information about nursing, audit etc.

None of the cited sources are about the term itself.

One of the worst articles on Wikipedia. Elshad (talk) 11:41, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Health and fitness and United Kingdom.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 13:42, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep -- The article clearly scopes the subject in the lede so the ambiguity discussed in the nom doesn't apply. There is strong, sustained, extensive discussion of this subject in journals, , , . The article desperately needs editing and expansion, not deletion (WP:DINC). Cheers, Last1in (talk) 20:47, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 00:06, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep -- there are many uses of the term in the NHS itself, and beyond in the week before this deletion request,,,,,[]. If the proposer was a registered veterinarian, they could take direct care of their dog, otherwise you're just staff (although this applies more to cats).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by SamSmithonWP (talk • contribs) 14:31, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Rename to "Direct care (NHS)" if independent sources establish notability beyond a DICDEF. Otherwise, Delete. Owen&times; &#9742;
 * Keep as per above. Bondegezou (talk) 15:20, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep per Last1in and SamSmithonWP —  OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk) 09:27, 7 December 2023 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.