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Written by a patient at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
19th June 2019


Four years ago, due to my slow weight gain, because of being in a wheelchair, with a C5 incomplete tetraplegic spinal injury. Not being able to do any exercise after my accident in 2013. I had started to battle with my diabetes and my blood pressure slowly getting worse, with the only way of combating it by increasing my drugs. (Poisons going into my body ,as my orthopaedic specialist says). To start with I was referred to Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham, right from the start, I found that this hospital not very helpful, as I drove myself there, could not get in or out of the barriers for the car park, then after at least five trips over two years I still not did have a date for the operation. Then two years ago, Dr Edmondson said she had met with Mr Rinks and he was working between Telford and Shrewsbury Hospital’s, he had come highly recommended. right from the start after my initial meeting with Mr Rinks going over my problems he said he'd like to take me on as a patient, and hoped to be able to offer me an operation within 18 months, if I attended at least two of his nursing team advisers meetings in Telford. I did attend three very informative group meetings in Telford with his gastric nursing advisers. Very easy to follow diet plans, for the next few months before my operation with the later meetings going over what to expect. I also found all the literature I was given by the nursing team as very informative and easy to follow, far better than anything I learnt from the heartlands Hospital. After having meetings with Mr Rinks. The operation itself was for me a very good experience. Due to the fact of the way the staff, treated me from the arrival into the hospital, then the pre-op while I was being put under, with the anaesthetic Dr talking to me all the time, till I woke up in the recovery ward. First of all I'd like to thank everybody in the team, as I feel this is the best thing I've done since my accident to help my recovery, as I've been slowly deteriorating with the weight gain. Each day I am feeling better, when I've see friends or even my carers. They can see the way the weight is coming off me and how much better I look. My medicine has changed, very much to the better. To start with my blood pressure tablets dropped as soon as I left the hospital, then two weeks later we were fishing them out of my weekly blister packs. Also my insulin injections and cut right down, I will soon be off them altogether. I am feeling so much better in myself, that I am applying for a job at the orthopaedic hospital nine hours a week. The job which is to help people that have had recent spinal injuries cope with their new lives, like I have forgetting everything from the past, then starting the new challenge I life, as life still has a lot to offer. I would not hesitate to recommend Mr Rinks and his team for gastric surgery. . Thank you Roger.

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Written by a patient at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
26th March 2019


I recently had a sleeve gastrectomy under Mr Rink and his team. Mr Rink has always been so friendly and approachable and he listened to me at at all times. He has changed my life by giving me this opportunity of bariatric surgery. I am so happy with the outcome

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Written by a patient at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
9th March 2019


I had a sleeve gastrectomy under Mr Rink in February 2019. Surgery went well and all the before and after surgery care was excellent. Mr Rink is a lovely person who takes the time to listen and he explains everything in easy to understand terms. His team are also amazing. Such a credit to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Thank you for changing my life!!!

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Written by a patient at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
12th February 2019


I had a roux en y gastric bypass at Shrewsbury hospital at the end of November 2018 which was performed by Mr Rink and his team. Initially I had some problems keeping water down and was in a lot of discomfort. Mr Rink re assured me several times that he would make sure I was okay. He was on call over the weekend of my stay and kept a close eye on me reassuring me that if I needed to go back to theatre he was there to do that. However, he also reassured me by saying that complications like mine although rare usually resolve. A CT scan confirmed no structural problem and the problem resolved quickly. I was so grateful for his positive attitude, care and genuine concern. I am 10 weeks down the line now and can confirm I have had no further problems. Thank you for being not just a fantastic surgeon but also a very kind man! I wish you all the best for the future.

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Written by a patient at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
29th January 2019


Mr Rink and all of the team at RSH/PRH are simply wonderful. I cannot praise them enough, without a shadow of a doubt they have helped changed my life. Particularly given the current pressures, demands and restraints faced by the NHS. I had a Gastric Bypass in November 2018, after experiencing difficulties with my weight for the majority of my life as well as being diagnosed with a binge eating disorder. I, like so many other people, felt incredibly scared about surgery and it took me 2years to get to the point where I was ready for the operation. However, what was humbling and also reassuring, was that Mr Rink and the team supported me throughout this time and encouraged me every step of the way. I feel so very lucky to have had the opportunity to have this operation and take control back over my life again. Mr Rink is, in my opinion: humble, extremely knowledgable and skilled as a surgeon and as a people person (which you don't tend to find that much in the medical world), patient, calm, friendly, intuitive, warm and compassionate, as well as being direct and honest without being abrupt or rude. To put it in simple terms, I owe so very much to this wonderful man and all of the team. Thank you will never be enough to express how grateful I truly am. Good Luck to all those out there, wherever you are on your journey xx

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Mr Rink is a clinical director, consultant surgeon and clinical lead for Upper-GI and Bariatric surgery working at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust. There he provides an emergency general surgical service as well as specialist care.

Following his graduation from Cambridge University Medical School, Mr Rink worked in East Anglia, the South West and on the South Coast. His specialist training was gained in the South-West Deanery, working in hospitals from Truro and Plymouth to Bath, Bristol and Gloucester. Having completed his training in 2011, Mr Rink undertook fellowships in bariatric and specialist upper GI surgery at St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester and the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth.

In addition to his NHS service, Mr Rink offers a specialist private surgical service which encompasses bariatric (weight loss) surgery, including gastric band, gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and gastric balloon. He also offers advanced laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery for gallstone disease, gastro-oesophageal reflux and hiatus hernia, comprehensive general surgical operations including laparoscopic hernia repair (inguinal, ventral and incisional – primary and recurrent).