Prof. Davies has recently led a national initiative (with society support from AUGIS) to gain consensus and standardise prehabilitation in upper GI cancer surgery. The key recommendations are :-
- All patients should be considered for prehabilitation
- Programmes should incorporate exercise, nutrition and (where required) psychological support
- The intervention should be tailored to the individual needs of patients
- Professionals should be specifically qualified and trained in the delivery of prehabilitation programmes
- Prehabilitation may improve a wide range of outcomes in patients having major cancer surgery