Play well – resources for health play services for England

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This toolkit, produced by NHS England and Starlight, will help commissioners, service managers, health play practitioners and clinical leaders to design, plan and deliver high-quality health play services for babies, children and young people.

It includes guidelines, recommended standards and a quality checklist.

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  1. Play well: guidelines for commissioning and designing health play services
  2. Play well: recommended standards for health play services
  3. Play well: quality checklist for health play services

Play well: guidelines for commissioning and designing health play services

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Guidelines for commissioning and designing health play services

Guidelines for commissioning and designing health play services

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Accessible content published 2 June 2025.

Play well: recommended standards for health play services

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Recommended standards for health play services

Recommended standards for health play services

NHS England is not responsible for content on external websites.

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Accessible content published 2 June 2025.

Play well: quality checklist for health play services

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Quality checklist for health play services

Quality checklist for health play services

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  • 1 MB
  • 24 pages

Summary

Published 2 June 2025.