Helping you get set for surgery – online course

You can help prepare for your surgery or treatment by using this online course.

This course can help you by:

• Providing tips to get the most from the course
• Encouraging you to think about what changes to your health you would like to make
• Helping you understand when you have successfully made these changes
• Find some of the things stopping you from making changes
• Helping you find what help you may need

The course is a number of videos that cover some of the main factors that affect your surgery, such as exercise, food and wellbeing. They don’t need to be watched in any order.

We have also added worksheets in each section that you can print and use. The will help you get the most out of the course.

This course has been developed by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust and endorsed by the Northern Cancer Alliance.