These Welsh guidelines provide detailed, evidence-based recommendations for designing and delivering prehabilitation services for people living with cancer.

They aim to support widespread adoption of prehabilitation to improve patient preparation, recovery, experience of care and sense of control. They also include practical information to help healthcare provider organisations develop services tailored to communities they serve.

These updated 2025 guidelines build on original guidance published in 2019.

They have been developed in collaboration with the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, the Centre for Perioperative Care, the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the NIHR Cancer Nutrition Collaborative and the World Cancer Research Fund.

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