Question follow-through · 76490
Health Services: Children's Play
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to mark Play in Healthcare Week 2025.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to mark Play in Healthcare Week 2025.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2025
Answer published
We recognise the importance of supporting children's right to play as games and play help build social-skills and support children’s wellbeing. In October 2025, the Starlight Children's Foundation will mark Play in Healthcare Week, celebrating 50 years of...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Urgent Treatment Centres: Staffordshire
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Medical Records: Data Protection
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NHS: Databases
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Women's Health Hubs
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