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Prehabilitation, or prehab, is a proactive approach to optimising patient health before undergoing a procedure or treatment. Prehabilitation comprises multidisciplinary healthcare interventions, including exercise, nutritional optimisation, and psychological preparation, which aim to improve outcomes and readiness for surgery or cancer treatment, with the aim being to shorten the period of recovery, reduce complications, and improve the quality of recovery and quality of life.
“The need to support patients to have the best possible health outcomes has never been greater.”
NHS England May 2025
“Optimising the care patients receive before, during and after surgery can increase productivity by reducing cancellations, reducing length of stay, and minimising postoperative complications. It can also increase the number of patients suitable for day case surgery by encouraging them to take part in prevention activities and take control of their health so they are ready for surgery, such as smoking cessation and weight loss programmes… To support this, NHS England will.. support improvements in prehabilitation for people about to undergo cancer treatment.”
Reforming elective care for patients, NHS England 9th January 2025
“The importance of preparation ‘prehabilitation’ and active recovery pathways in cancer are being increasingly recognised by cancer patients and healthcare providers around the world. The elements of physical activity , nutritional management and psychological support appear core to improving patients’ outcomes and quality of life…It is important to emphasise to your patient the benefits of preparing themselves before the treatment starts, by increasing exercise, optimising their nutrition and taking care of their mental health.”
Prehab4Cancer Greater Manchester
This conference focuses on Prehabilitation – Principles and Practice and offers a comprehensive and practical guide to delivering an effective prehabilitation programme, ensuring patients are fit and optimised for surgery. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the latest trends, latest evidence-based practice including the October 2025 updated guidelines, and strategies to optimise patient outcomes within the NHS. The conference will look at preoperative optimisation of patients’ fitness and wellbeing through exercise, nutrition and psychological support, integrating prehabilitation into the care pathway, the relationship between prehabilitation and sleep, as well as behaviour change, and also how to measure the outcomes of prehabilitation. Throughout the day, there will be interactive sessions, small breakout groups, and collaborative exercises, fostering a dynamic learning experience.
“You wouldn’t run a marathon without undertaking any training and prehabilitation aims to optimise a person’s health and wellbeing to help maximise their resilience to treatment throughout their journey.”
Dr Fran Woodard, Executive Director, Policy and Impact, Macmillan Cancer Support
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to deliver effective prehabilitation programmes
Reflect on a patient lived experience
Emulate outstanding practice in implementing a prehabilitation programme
Update your knowledge on the October 2025 updates to Prehabilitation for people with cancer: Clinical and implementation Guidelines
Learn first hand from case studies including prehabilitation for surgery, and prehabilitation for cancer treatment
Ensuring a personalised approach to prehabilitation
Improve the way we support patients to prepare themselves, physically and emotionally for surgery
Develop your skills in Behaviour Change and Motivational Interviewing
Embed virtual prehabilitation into your pre treatment patient pathway
Apply interactive case studies to enhance practical understanding prehabilitation strategies
Understand how you can improve emotional and psychological support for patients
Explore the role of prehabilitation in older people
Work with patients to improve nutrition
Learn how to effectively measure the outcomes of prehabilitation
Ensure you are up to date with the latest evidence
Self assess and reflect on your own practice
Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
