Chair's Welcome and Introduction: Professor Robert Thomas
Consultant Oncologist
Bedford & Addenbrooke’s Cambridge University Trusts
Professor of Exercise & Nutritional Science
University of Bedfordshire
Professor Robert Thomas opens today's confernece with a session on the Principles of Prehabilitation: Evidence & Practice, covering:
• prehabilitation: the evidence
• how can we better support patients to prepare themselves, physically and emotionally for cancer surgery/treatment
• the impact of COVID-19 on prehabilitation programmes
• principles of prehabilitation
Ceinwen Giles Director of Partnerships and Evaluation Shine Cancer Support
& Chair of the Patient and Public Voices Forum NHS England Cancer Programme
Patient engagement in prehabilitation programmes
• my personal story and relationship with exercise
• patient engagement in prehabilitation programmes: and working with patients who do not wish to engage
• patient perspectives on prehabilitation
Delivering an extended session is June Davis Allied Health Professional Advisor, Policy and Impact Macmillan Cancer Support
Prehabilitation in Cancer Care – workforce development and considerations to inform the planning and delivery of prehabilitation services
• identifying the skills, knowledge and expertise of the workforce to support prehabilitation
• optimising patient care to deliver physical activity and exercise, nutrition and psychological support screening, assessment and interventions through workforce development
• Health Education England/Macmillan PRosPeR project
• the importance of the wider workforce in supporting prehabilitation and the Clinical Exercise Workforce Collaborative