We've been working closely with @pedalcam.bsky.social to improve children's healthcare and put play on the agenda. ⭐

This new literature review explores five areas where play contributes to health in healthcare settings. 📚

🏥🧸 Read more: www.pedalhub.net/.../playing-...

Our latest report for @starlightuk.bsky.social explores the connection between play and children’s health in healthcare contexts. We identified 5 key domains where play contributes to health in healthcare settings ⬆️

www.pedalhub.net/projects/item/playing-with-childrens-health

We are very proud to launch this new toolkit for children’s play in healthcare, co-produced with @england.nhs.uk

It will support system leaders and clinical staff to embed health play services as a core part of healthcare for all children.

👉 Find out more: starlight.org.uk/toolkit

With patients at risk of harm due to spending days in Emergency Departments and health care professionals left in tears due to winter pressures, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has asked ‘how has this been allowed to happen again?’

Read our response to new NHSE data 👇 tinyurl.com/2ujbhz7m

Strategies for getting children on board .......Only do things that really need doing #1 involve a play specialist by @beckyplatt3

#play in hospital. Play is a children's right

It's all about beds, beds, beds... During UK Parliament's Health and Social Care Committee (20 Nov) Lib Dem MP Andrew George questioned Lord Darzi about RCEM President Adrian Boyle's comments on inability to admit patients from Emergency Departments.

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