Cancer - Health and Wellbeing

The health and wellbeing of patients is crucial to the future survivorship and improved outcomes for cancer patients. The ‘Achieving World Class Outcomes – A strategy for England 2015- 2020’  looks at how the NHS can deliver care for people affected by cancer by a radical change in focus with an emphasis on early diagnosis and addressing the needs of those ‘living with and beyond cancer’.

The strategy sets out a vision for what cancer patients should expect from the health service and how health economies can meet the demands of the expected increased numbers of new cancers and the necessity to improve survival rates. One of the key recommendations was implementation of the recovery package which emphasises the health and wellbeing agenda.

The importance of keeping active after a cancer diagnosis is well documented. The video above is a home based exercise workout for cancer patients prior to, following or during treatment. The video has a seated and a standing option to cater for different abilities.

Please also see the above link to a section on prehabilitation.