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Written Question

Health Services: Children's Play

Tuesday 16th September 2025

Asked by: Leigh Ingham (Labour - Stafford)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to support the widest possible implementation of the Play Well Toolkit.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

We recognise the importance of supporting and maintaining children’s right to play, as games and active play in all settings build social skills and support children’s wellbeing. The Play Well toolkit that was recently jointly launched by NHS England and the charity Starlight helps services to identify opportunities to improve health play services.

While funding decisions for health play services remain the responsibility of local commissioners, the Department remains supportive of NHS England’s work to continue to champion the toolkit and the importance of child-centred care across healthcare settings.

To support implementation, NHS England is promoting the Play Well toolkit to managers of health play services across a wide range of settings, including community clinics, emergency departments, children’s hospices, and acute paediatric wards.

A range of communication channels have been used to raise awareness, including engagement with services via professional bodies, messaging via the Chief Nursing Officer, and a forthcoming blog post and press release in partnership with Starlight. Starlight will be co-leading a webinar with NHS England this month to raise awareness of the toolkit.

Division Vote (Commons)
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Leigh Ingham (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 304 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 164

Division Vote (Commons)
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Leigh Ingham (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 300 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 326 Noes - 160

Division Vote (Commons)
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Leigh Ingham (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 300 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 158

Division Vote (Commons)
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Leigh Ingham (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 302 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 161

Division Vote (Commons)
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Leigh Ingham (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 301 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 161

Division Vote (Commons)
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Leigh Ingham (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 302 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 161

Division Vote (Commons)
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Leigh Ingham (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 300 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 328 Noes - 160

Division Vote (Commons)
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Leigh Ingham (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 302 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 318 Noes - 170