Hugh Jolly 2026 We are excited to announce that we are looking to change the format of this event to make it more accessible for people to attend online and also to include our Students and newly qualified play specialists
Play in Healthcare Week
“Huge congratulations to registered HPS, Kirsty and Abbi and the paediatric team at Luton and Dunstable NHS Trust for launching the Society of Health Play Specialists 30th Play in Healthcare Week. You really captured the passion and advocacy of the
SoHPS Annual Conference
3rd Annual Conference for the Society of Health Play Specialists Friday 26th June 2026, UCLH Education Centre, Euston Road, London, NW1 2PG Theme: Children at the Heart of Healthcare – How Play is Improving Outcomes and Experiences Click here to
Spring Study Day
The Annual Scottish Spring Study Day will take place on Thursday 26th March 2026. This will be in the form of a Webinar and the theme is going to be “Collaborative Working between Play Staff and the MDT”. This will
Event Calendar
2026 – Dates for your diaries Therapeutic Play Leads Development Group Meetings: 23rd January 2026 – 1pm until 2pm 27th February 2026 – 11am until 12pm 27th February 2026 – 11am until 12pm If you work as a Play Lead/Manager
CPD Activity Examples
Every Registered Health Play Specialist is required to undertake a process of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and to maintain an ongoing record of their CPD activity. Continued professional development (CPD) refers to any process or activity, planned or otherwise, that
Exemplar Profiles
Exemplar Profiles (2024 revision) In this section, you will find excerpts from CPD Profiles which the Registration Committee have selected as examples of the standard expected in Profiles submitted for audit. The authors of these excerpts are recent nominees for
The CPD Profile
All registered Health Play Specialists are required to maintain an ongoing record of their continuing professional development (CPD) as a condition of registration. The CPD Profile is an important aspect of professional registration with SoHPS because: It represents an ongoing
Annual Re-registration Statistics
2024 ANOTHER RECORD YEAR FOR HPS RE-REGISTRATION! RE-REGISTRATION/AUDIT SUMMARY 2024 2024 2023 2022 Public Register 01-01-2024 681 669 672 New registrants (Jan-March 2024) 7 ANNUAL RE-REGISTRATIONS CONFIRMED(Jan-March 2024) 634 (93%) 616 (92%) 630 (93%) Late re-registrations approved 11 16 7
Payment Options
The fees to re-register with SOHPS are as follows: Annual Re-registration fee *Payable by HPS listed on public register £50.00 Payment due by 31 March annually Late Re-registration fee *Payable by lapsed registrants £75.00 Payment due at time of Late