title: Clinical management. Where medicine meets management. Let us play.
abstract: There is evidence that hospital play hastens children's recovery, increases compliance and reduces the need for general anaesthesia. The children's national service framework recommends that all children in hospital have daily access to a play specialist. A survey showed an 11 per cent rise in the number of play specialists in the past two years, but more are needed.
authors.affiliation: ann.dix@emap.com
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dix
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D010370:Pediatric Assistants / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010989:Play Therapy / Q000191:economics; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce