Taskforce

In June 2022, NHS England invited us to jointly convene a taskforce with them to explore how to raise standards and extend the reach of health play services.

This intensive project, involving more than 60 professionals, reported its main findings to the national conference for health play specialists in June 2023.

The taskforce was made up of an executive group comprising of:


Taskforce workstreams

Reporting to this group were three distinct workstreams, each comprising of 15-20 sector specialists, working on the following themes and outputs:

1.

National guidance on children’s play in healthcare

2.

National standards for health play services

3.

Workforce development

A Common Purpose

Report of the Taskforce on Children's Play in Healthcare (2023)

Read our report about the joint taskforce we led with NHS England, on how to improve children’s healthcare through play:

Read the report

RCPCH annual conference

View our poster presentation on the work of the taskforce, presented at the RCPCH annual conference, June 2023

Read our presentation