It is a principle of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) that each article of the Convention and the rights they define are to be considered as equally important. Nevertheless, in practice, some rights are afforded a greater priority than others. Article 24 of the UNCRC provides children with the right ‘to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health’. In the United Kingdom, as elsewhere, children’s healthcare is a much greater policy priority than the provision of play opportunities and protection of the right to play (Article 31). For policymakers, there is a general lack of understanding of the UNCRC and the importance of a holistic approach to childhood and children’s rights. The Committee on the Rights of the Child and the World Health Organisaiton advocate for a holistic approach to wellbeing and health. This chapter deconstructs the medicalised approach to healthcare and explores how, and the extent to which, the right to good healthcare may be dependent upon how the child’s right to play is protected and provided for at different stages of their healthcare journeys and treatment pathways, through demonstrating how mental and social wellbeing are key to the provision of healthcare and highlighting the relationship between play and wellbeing.