Table 2.

Categories and themes (UK)

Category	Themes
Category 1. A profile of complexity	Theme 1. The changing service profile
	Theme 2. The professional reality of increased complexity
	Theme 3. The bariatric patient as a complex case
	Theme 4. Cellulitis as a feature of complexity
	Theme 5. Psychological and social issues associated with complexity
Category 2. Professional challenges of managing complex patients	Theme 1. Joined up care
	Theme 2. Poor professional knowledge and skills
	Theme 3. Community nurses
Category 3. Using compression therapy by the specialist team	Theme1. Problems with current methods of compression bandages
	Theme 2. Problems with current methods of compression hosiery
Category 4. Developing new compression methods for Lymphoedema