Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 103600

Children's Play: Health Professions

Tabled: 6 January 2026

Answered: 27 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Tom Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will consider making health play specialists a mandatory registered allied health profession.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Government is committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever. This ambition is at the heart of our 10-Year Health Plan, which sets out three radical shifts: from treatment to prevention; from hospital to community; and from analogue t...

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