Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 103604

Children's Play: Health Services

Tabled: 6 January 2026

Answered: 14 January 2026

Question

Tom Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to digitise the Play Well checklist, as published in NHS England's Play Well toolkit in June 2025, to enable data-based quality improvement, monitoring, evaluation and mappi

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Department recognises the importance of supporting and maintaining children’s right to play in healthcare settings.In June 2025, a number of Operational Delivery Networks came together to digitise the play well checklist, which is available to colleag...

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