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Setting up a Prehab Service

In this video, Dr John Whittle (Consultant in describes the barriers to setting up a prehab service and how he overcame them to set up a service at U

In this video filmed in 2024, Dr John Whittle (Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at UCLH and Honorary Associate Professor at UCL) describes the barriers to setting up a prehabilitation service and how he overcame them to set up a service at UCLH.

Do you have a prehabilitation service at your hospital? Having watched this video, do you think you would be able to set one up? Do you think all hospitals offering major surgery should have a prehabilitation service? Do discuss with your fellow learners in the course discussion forum.

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