NHS Play Well Toolkit
Starlight and NHS England have produced the Play Well toolkit as part of the shared ambition to transform children's health and healthcare through play.
In collaboration with the Society of Health Play Specialists (SOHPS) and a taskforce of more than 60 health professionals and young people.
The Play Well Toolkit has three components:
- Guidelines for commissioning and designing health play services
- Recommended standards for health play services
- Quality checklist for health play services
Delivering play as a core part of healthcare
Following these guidelines, adopting the recommended standards and using the quality checklist to drive improvement “is the way to make this ambition a reality: setting out how these services should be delivered as a core part of children’s healthcare”.
To enquire about support for adopting and implementing the guidelines and standards, please click the below
New interactive checklist ✅
NHS Operational Delivery Networks have worked with Starlight and SoHPS (Society of Health Play Specialists) to produce an interactive dashboard for easier monitoring, as adapted from the Play Well checklist.