Gastric Band Slippage: The Impact of a Change in Education and Band Filling.

Background: Gastric band slippage is a significant challenge in gastric band surgery and can result in poor weight loss, pain and dysphagia, often requiring re-operation. The Royal Berkshire Hospital is one of 49 UK centres performing bariatric surgery. We audited our band slippage rates.

Caregiver experiences of supporting adults with intellectual disabilities in pain.

Background: Caregivers have an intimate knowledge of the individuals they care for and are therefore an important source of information on pain experiences. They are often relied upon to recognize pain-related behaviours and report them, but little is known as to how they experience their role.

Methods: Information was collected from 11 caregivers using semi-structured interviews about their experiences of caring for adults with intellectual disabilities who were suspected or definitely in pain.