NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH
Health Technology Assessment programme
• Award winner: Rachel Jordan
• Institution: University of Birmingham
• Value: £240,112
Supported self-management for patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): an evidence synthesis and economic analysis
Public Health Research programme
• Award winner: Martin White
• Institution: Newcastle University
• Value: £764,894
Randomised controlled trial, economic and process evaluation of domiciliary welfare rights advice for socio-economically disadvantaged older people recruited via primary healthcare (DO-WELL trial)
Service Delivery and Organisation programme
• Award winner: Susan Jane Lea
• Institution: King's College London
• Value: £299,925
Enhancing the multi-agency management of individuals with enduring moderate to severe mental health needs (EMHN): client journeys and the NHS/CJS interface
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
ESRC/Department for International Development Joint Scheme for Research on International Development (Poverty Alleviation)
• Award winner: Jens Lerche
• Institution: School of Oriental and African Studies
• Value: £362,778
Labour conditions and the working poor in China and India
• Award winner: Philip J. Woodhouse
• Institution: University of Manchester
• Value: £234,388
Farm scale and viability: an assessment of black economic empowerment in sugar production in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
• Award winner: Michael W.J. Noble
• Institution: University of Oxford
• Value: £380,862
Lone mothers in South Africa - the role of social security in respecting and protecting dignity
• Award winner: Barbara Harriss-White
• Institution: University of Oxford
• Value: £295,290
Resources, greenhouse gas emissions, technology and work in production and distribution systems: rice in India
In detail
• Award winner: Jane Blazeby
• Institution: University of Bristol
• Value: £2,861,723
BY-BAND - Gastric bypass or adjustable gastric banding surgery to treat morbid obesity: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial
There are many health problems associated with obesity that can shorten people's lifespans, impair their quality of life and increase their need for expensive health services. Current national guidelines to treat obesity recommend that overweight people make lifestyle changes to manage it. Surgery is considered for the morbidly obese or for those remaining obese after trying other options. The two most commonly performed operations are laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and laparoscopic gastric bypass. Both operations lead to weight loss by reducing appetite and inducing satiety, but have associated problems. This study will follow 723 patients to compare the effects of banding and bypass three years after randomisation on weight loss, a wide range of symptoms and aspects of quality of life. It will also examine patients' detailed experiences during follow-up, nutritional outcomes, short- and long-term surgical complications and NHS value for money.