A new initiative in Morecambe Bay between GPs and hospital services aims to help patients waiting for surgery to improve their general health before their operation. This new approach has been captured in a Patient Charter, which invites patients to set goals for themselves. It is hoped that this type of prehab will improve their own health and support the NHS by helping the maximum number of patients become fit and healthy more quickly following surgery. Some treatments, especially surgical operations, can affect your body for several months afterwards and prior poor health reduces your body’s ability to recover from treatment.
A new initiative in Morecambe Bay between GPs and hospital services aims to help patients waiting for surgery to improve their general health before their operation. This new approach has been captured in a Patient Charter, which invites patients to set goals for themselves. It is hoped that this type of prehab will improve their own health and support the NHS by helping the maximum number of patients become fit and healthy more quickly following surgery. Some treatments, especially surgical operations, can affect your body for several months afterwards and prior poor health reduces your body’s ability to recover from treatment.