30/03/2026
The UK's 2026 National Cancer Plan formally embeds prehabilitation and rehabilitation as core, mandatory components of care, significantly elevating the role of physiotherapy. The plan, which guides care for the next decade, ensures patients access exercise, diet, and support services from diagnosis through to recovery or palliative care.
Most people are not aware of prehab. Cancer Research has put together a help guide:
Prehabilitation means getting ready for cancer treatment in whatever time you have before it starts. It is a programme of support and advice that some NHS hospitals are using.