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• The inequalities and challenges of prehabilitation before cancer surgery

  Prehabilitation seeks to enhance functional capacity and preparedness before surgery with the aim of improving outcomes; it is generally based on exercise, diet and psychological interventions. While there is obvious appeal to this approach in terms of patient experience and resource use, the interventions are complex and the evidence base for prehabilitation before cancer surgery is heterogeneous. Prehabilitation requires patient understanding and motivation as well as commitment of resources. Programmes are challenging to design and implement, and can generate ‘intervention-based inequalities’ based on the capacity of patients to engage. Find out why prehabilitation must be implemented carefully to avoid widening inequalities with this new podcast hosted by Professor Cliff Shelton and his coauthors.  Full paper here. 2025 Special Issue on Oncoanaesthesia here.  

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• Peri-operative management of adults taking GLP-1 receptor agonists, GIP agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors

  Until more evidence becomes available, this pragmatic, multidisciplinary consensus statement aims to support shared decision-making and improve safety for patients taking glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide receptor agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors during the peri-operative period.

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• Sir Julian Hartley and Dr Tim Meek

  This podcast was recorded live at the Association of Anaesthetists Annual Congress 2024 in Harrogate. We spoke with keynote speaker Sir Julian Hartley (Chief Executive of NHS Providers) and Association of Anaesthetists President Dr Tim Meek about the role of the modern consultant in healthcare systems, HIT lists and whether or not the NHS is 'broken'.  

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• Peri-operative pain management in adults

  This podcast was recorded live at the Association of Anaesthetists Annual Congress 2024 in Harrogate. We recently published a new multidisciplinary consensus statement from the Association of Anaesthetists and the British Pain Society. We were delighted to join authors Dr Helen Laycock and Prof Kariem El-Boghdadly to discuss the need for this new document, how it was written and the key clinical implications for practice.

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• Factors affecting UK anaesthetic trainees' wellbeing and stress

  This podcast was recorded live at the Association of Anaesthetists Annual Congress 2024 in Harrogate. We were delighted to be joined by Dr Sarah Marsden and Dr Stuart Edwardson to talk about a new scoping review from Winter et al. Dr Marsden is the Chair of the Association of Anaesthetists Trainee Committee having taken over the role from Dr Edwardson, who received the anniversary medal for his service to the Association. 

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