Play services for hospitalised children need to be made mandatory - despite infection concerns, charity says

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Hundreds of healthcare settings applying for resources such as toys and games from health play organisation Starlight were surveyed, and the results revealed that 83% don't have access to a play budget at all.

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Research by the health play organisation Starlight has found that access to play in hospitals has fallen since, partly due to funding pressures, but also because of concerns about controlling infection. "Hospital can be a strange environment, sometimes scary, and the health play specialist helps to make [children] feel more at home," he said.

 

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