£1.5 million has been awarded to the Cardiff University's School of Healthcare Sciences to develop inclusive prehabilitation for cancer patients – helping patients to prepare for their treatment.
Prehabilitation helps people to prepare for cancer treatment through helping them to eat well, be in the best possible physical condition and supporting mental health and emotional resilience. This can lead to fewer treatment complications and better recovery.
The funding from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health and Social Care Delivery Research fund, will enable work to produce and evaluate a toolkit called I-Prehab. The toolkit will support cancer workers to raise awareness and encourage participation in prehab services for cancer patients.
