Mr Am Rai (Amarjit Singh Rai) was awarded the iWantGreatCare certificate of excellence in 2024 for delivering outstanding care.
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Mr Am Rai (Amarjit Singh Rai)
2023-12-08
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8th December 2023
From my first consultation with Mr Rai I had the upmost confidence in him. I appreciated his direct approach and simple explanations and kindness .
I was operated on within 10 days and have gone from being unable to stand without pain for longer than a few minutes and unable to walk any distance at all to being pain free.I was able to go on a horse riding safari in Africa just 9 weeks after my operation . I am now 6 months post surgery and cannot believe how well I feel and how much my life has changed ! I only wish I had seen Mr Rai a few years ago rather than putting up with pain.
Mr Am Rai (Amarjit Singh Rai)
2023-12-07
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7th December 2023
There’s no better outcome than getting my physical life back on track.
Mr. Rai js extraordinarily confident and capable, and he has done a phenomenal job of assessing and treating me. Initially I felt there were some misunderstandings in our differing communication styles while I tried to get a clear picture of alternative options and the recovery process; admittedly this was all very new to me. Perhaps culturally the way the consultation period is approached in the UK might be different to how I would experience it in the US.
Mr. Rai did guide me to all of the right people and resources to answer my questions and allay my worries. In the end, everything he had initially concluded was clear and accepted as the best possible course of action. In addition to his very valuable time he did grant me his patience to allow me to build my confidence in opting for a treatment I didn’t expect to be having at 34 years old. His thoroughness cannot be faulted.
By far the most important thing was the preparation and execution of my treatment, which was flawless. I’m amazed at how quickly I was on my feet and building strength, and I am very pleased with my recovery progress to date. On an aesthetic note, I’m also very pleased where Rai made the incision, discrete as it can possibly be for something on my neck.
I would absolutely recommend Mr. Rai to friends and family needing similar attention, and I am grateful for his care and professionalism.
Mr Am Rai (Amarjit Singh Rai)
2023-12-05
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5th December 2023
Mr Rai got straight to the heart of the matter and asked all the right questions to establish the history of our daughters shoulder. He reassured us that, while the condition needed attention, we had time to decide on the right course of action. Aware that we aren't covered by health insurance he suggested affordable treatment paths which we appreciated.
Mr Am Rai (Amarjit Singh Rai)
2023-12-05
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5th December 2023
When you have a health problem it is rewarding to finally meet a professional, a consultant, who is knowledgable, approachable, interested, and prepared to listen before giving a sound opinion based on their experience and knowledge, given in terms you can understand. Solutions offered, relevant drawbacks included if any, and action to remedy readily available within a reasonable timespan.
Known for being direct, to the point, Mr. Rai provides confidence in the appropriate remedy. In the case or surgical intervention, the facilities at SPIRE compliment the professional surgery carried out by Mr.Rai.
Subsequent and continuing back up reviews, together with physio services of SPIRE, have in my case lead to a most satisfactory outcome and I look forward to improved mobility, despite increasing years!
Mr Am Rai (Amarjit Singh Rai)
2023-12-04
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4th December 2023
I was amazed how Mr Rai was able to diagnose my problem and operate to resolve it so quickly and effectively. The care throughout has been first class and I would recommend him and the Spire Norwich hospital to anyone else with a spinal stenosis.
Profile
Experience and training
Mr Am Rai was elected President of the British Association of Spinal Surgeons by his surgical peers and has been on the BASS Executive Committee for 6 years. He has published on national best practice surgical guidelines, helped develop the British Spinal Registry (over 150,000 patients), involved in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines and government led regional variation in surgical practice across England. Mr. Rai set up the Travelling Spinal Fellowship (administered through BASS & British Scoliosis Society) aimed at prospective new Spinal consultants.
He is fellowship trained (Australia, European Travelling Fellowship, South Africa and USA) and to date has trained over 12 spinal consultants who currently work throughout the UK. Mr. Rai has helped develop core curriculum for spinal training and was the Foundation Programme Director for junior doctors.
He has more than 20 years of consultant spinal experience and has been involved in over 10,000 surgical procedures.
He is director of a spinal charity Spine Aid which, arranges regular trips abroad for a team of spinal surgeons, medical students, neurophysiology technicians and anaesthetists to help treat under privileged children with spinal deformities. Mr Rai hopes to devote more time to this charitable work.
What Can you expect?
Surgery is always a last resort, but certain conditions and states of health may suggest it as a best option. There is good evidence in the literature that spinal surgery for nerve compression gives the best validated results as good as any other surgical procedure. Many patients are keen to get the best surgical opinion which is based on experience, training and appropriate patient selection. Surgeons in the modern era are duty bound to validate their results to ensure patients receive advise based on outcome data.
Mr Rai is an advocate of giving experienced and validated advice with outcome data to confirm treatment plans. He will allow as much time as is required to give his patients a balanced opinion. This will often involve reviewing images, discussion with other specialists and surgical colleagues.
Mr Rai appreciates the disability from spinal disease as he himself has had spinal surgery.
British Spinal Registry(BSR).
Since 2008 I have prospectively collected outcome data on all my private patients undergoing spinal surgery. This allows me to look at all my surgical results, compare them with other units and ultimately improve and monitor patient outcomes.
I have one of the largest series of outcome data from an individual consultant in Europe and our unit is in the process of publishing this.
The following is example of the data we have collected since 2008:
This data is collected on my behalf by an independent Spinal Specialist physiotherapist (Jonathan Geere) who is the main driver responsible for us to have data collection as good as anywhere in the world. This table shows, with our patients’ help, we collect 97% of the data compared to the national average of 43%. At one year after surgery the data we have collected as comprehensive as the Scandinavian (considered as gold standard in terms of data collection in healthcare in the world).
With this data we can look at various interactions and analyse and compare our results with other countries
Results of discectomy patients
Comparison group / other centres was from:
Rushton, A., et al. (2020). "Clinical course of pain and disability following primary lumbar discectomy: systematic review and meta-analysis." Eur Spine J 29(7): 1660-1670.
We can also look at how comorbidities and sex affect results of spinal surgery. This has revealed hormonal changes around the menopause may affect surgical results.
We also looked at diabetes and found greater proportion patients requiring revision surgery. This emphasises the importance of improving ones health prior to surgery.
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