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‘A really scary place for children’: English hospitals have chronic lack of health play staff
Analysis finds only 955 play professionals supporting 21 million child hospital admissions, leaving many traumatised for life Children in English hospitals with serious illnesses are being exposed to avoidable trauma because too few…
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Analysis finds only 955 play professionals supporting 21 million child hospital admissions, leaving many traumatised for life Children in English hospitals with serious illnesses are being exposed to avoidable trauma because too few health play professionals are being employed, analysis by a leading charity has found.
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