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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take diplomatic and regulatory steps with the Dutch Ministry of Health and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to secure the emergency export release of existing Bedrolite stockpiles following the insolvency of Bedrocan; and...

Asked by
Anna Sabine (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
12 October 2026
Reference
34064
House
House of Commons

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of play-based interventions in healthcare settings on (1) the need for sedation and general anaesthetic in paediatric procedures, and (2) NHS costs.

Asked by
Baroness Cass (Crossbench)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
12 October 2026
Reference
HL3938
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the updated NHS Workforce Plan will include specific provision for health play professionals.

Asked by
Alistair Strathern (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
12 October 2026
Reference
33860
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of health play specialist provision across NHS hospitals in England; and whether she plans to increase the health play workforce.

Asked by
Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
32543
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent health play professionals supported children admitted to hospital in London in 2025.

Asked by
Tom Hayes (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
31483
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national minimum standard for the provision of health play professionals in NHS hospitals providing paediatric care.

Asked by
Tom Hayes (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
31484
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of health play professionals on reducing the length of children’s hospital stays.

Asked by
Tom Hayes (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
31485
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to introduce national standardised protocols for oxygen saturation thresholds for paediatric patients with cardiac or respiratory vulnerabilities.

Asked by
Suella Braverman (Reform UK)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
31657
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has made an assessment of trends in the level of regional variation in access to health play professionals for children admitted to hospital.

Asked by
Tom Hayes (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
32268
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the level of contribution of health play professionals in preparing children for medical procedures in NHS hospitals.

Asked by
Tom Hayes (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
32269
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding was allocated to health play services in NHS hospitals in England in 2025.

Asked by
Tom Hayes (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
33105
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent health play professionals supported children admitted to hospital in the Midlands in 2025.

Asked by
Tom Hayes (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
32677
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department provides to NHS trusts on the provision of health play services for children receiving inpatient care.

Asked by
Tom Hayes (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
32678
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent health play professionals supported children admitted to hospital in the East of England in 2025.

Asked by
Tom Hayes (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
32675
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure sufficient numbers of trained health play specialists are employed across NHS trusts to support the implementation of NHS England and Starlight's Play Well Toolkit.

Asked by
Tom Hayes (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
33498
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent health play professionals supported children admitted to hospital in the North East and Yorkshire in 2025.

Asked by
Tom Hayes (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
33499
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent health play professionals supported children admitted to hospital in the North West in 2025.

Asked by
Tom Hayes (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
33500
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an Equality Impact Assessment was carried out on the implementation of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s 2021 guidance on Perplexing Presentations and Fabricated or Induced Illness.

Asked by
Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 September 2026
Reference
27099
House
House of Commons

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to work with the General Medical Council and the Royal College of Pathologists to revise the pathology training pathway in order to rectify the national shortage of paediatric pathologists.

Asked by
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Crossbench)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 June 2026
Reference
HL739
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of specialist paediatric neurorehabilitation services; and whether he is taking steps to improve access to intensive rehabilitation for children recovering from acquired brain injury, brain tumours and other...

Asked by
Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 June 2026
Reference
6314
House
House of Commons