New national guidelines co-developed at our BRC will help improve cancer outcomes through prehabilitation 🏥
Prehabilitation helps patients prepare physically and mentally for treatment with exercise, nutrition and support.
Learn more 👉 southamptonbrc.nihr.ac.uk/po…
Really pleased to share this Cancer Experience of Care Improvement Collaborative project focused on improving experience and waiting times for people with learning disabilities on a cancer pathway journals.rcni.com/cancer-nur…
Finally we are launching the Prehabilitation for people with Cancer Guidelines 2025. Launching this morning at the International Prehabilitation Conference in Vancouver. Amazing step forward for the prehabilitation field. @macmillancancer@SouthamptonBRC@NIHRresearch@CPOC_News
Excellent first debate session. Representing the UK and @CPOC_News our own @denny_levett Where does Prehab end and perioperative care begin? Presenting our @UHSFT Perioperative Programme @SouthamptonBRC
Core Outcome Dataset in Cancer Prehabilitation underway in >500 health care professionals and >60 patients. Great achievement. Looking forward to full results @royalmarsden@SouthamptonBRC@SheffieldHallam
Great to see @Junedavis44@macmillancancer Well done to everyone who contributed to these excellent guidelines 🙌 Helpful evidence-based recommendations for clinical practice which are accessible to all.
Finally we are launching the Prehabilitation for people with Cancer Guidelines 2025. Launching this morning at the International Prehabilitation Conference in Vancouver. Amazing step forward for the prehabilitation field. @macmillancancer@SouthamptonBRC@NIHRresearch@CPOC_News
Nursing Live is worth attending if you want to hear about the big issues in nursing now. Today I was taking about the cancer nursing workforce & #ACCEND with the value it brings for career development @NHSEngland@RCNi_Sprinks@RCN@Junedavis44@DaBell5
Fantastic discussion about legacy mentoring in our National Cancer CNS Development Forum today following the superb presentation from Sinead Parry @WCA. Do get in touch if you’re offering legacy mentorship in cancer care #ACCEND#workforcedevelopment#retention@macmillancancer
It was wonderful to discuss the importance of our new strategy @macmillancancer with Samina Hussain, Lived Experience Strategy Adviser and Founder of Sakoon Through Cancer podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
Great morning spent at Sir Ludwig Guttmann Health and Wellbeing Centre in Stratford with Macmillan professionals and people from across the cancer community to attend the 10 Year Health Plan announcement.
Exercise improves colon cancer survival:
At 5 yrs, a 28% reduction in the risk of ca coming back, or new one forming.
At 8 yrs, a 37% lower risk of death.
“I saw first-hand that this reduced fatigue, lifted people's mood & boosted their physical strength”
bbc.com/news/articles/c8xgyw…
British Society of Gastroenterology practice guidance on the management of acute and chronic gastrointestinal symptoms and complications as a result of treatment for cancer | Gut first cite nice @Gut_BMJ gut.bmj.com/content/early/20…
More than a third of UK adults in the UK do not know what the symptoms of bowel cancer are. April is bowel cancer awareness month, so let’s get talking about them 👇