Mr Nirav Shah

Nothing but praise for my hip replacement experience, from the warm personal consultations with Mr Shah to all the staff making me as comfortable as possible, including the ready compliance with my blood transfusion requirements. Excellent follow up. My sincere thanks to all.

On behalf of my father Mr Gerald Timbs we cannot praise Mr Shah enough. He explained everything about the op. We can recommend Mr Shah, the recovery has been Incredible due to Dad's sheer determination to get back on his feet. Having had his hip replacement we can’t believe what a difference it has made to his life.

I cannot praise Mr Shah enough. He explained everything about my op. I can recommend his app to help with your recovery. Having had my hip replacement just over a year ago I can’t believe what a difference it has made to my life. I’m back doing everything I love from Zumba to cold water swimming. Thank you Mr Shah for giving me back a pain free life.

I am extremely pleased with the results of the surgery which Mr Shah provided. Not only did Mr Shah offer me the time and reassurance to explain all the details of the operation, the whole process was carried out extremely smoothly and I had no concerns throughout.I would like to thank Mr Shah for such excellent care and my successful recovery.

I had a hip replacement in December,performed by Mr Shah and his team.It was a very positive experience and everything was explained very patiently and thoroughly .Care was exemplary and I have no hesitation in recommending the skills and kindness of Mr Shah and the whole of the Goring Hall Team

Having had 2 hip replacements in 2022, I am pleased with the progress to date. Mr Shah was very supportive and has assured me that given time, I will be able to do much more than I have been able to do. I am very pleased that I have a further checkup a year after the surgery. I can fully recommend Mr Shah for hip replacement surgery.

I had an extremely positive experience throughout with Mr Shah concerning my two total knee replacements.At my initial consultation and at very stage Mr Shah listened, was empathetic, supportive, helpful and gave me excellent expert advice.At all times I had full confidence Mr Shah and was right to do so.I feel privileged and lucky to have been allocated him as my consultant and surgeon.I have no doubt that the success of my surgery is down to the superb skills of Mr Shah and his team.I would have no hesitation at all in going back to him should the need arise as regards other aspects of my health.

(This review is by Nicholas Brockbank).I was apprehensive when I first saw Mr Shah in 2019 but he soon put me at my ease and reassured me that a left hip replacement was my best option if I wanted to remain active. I was in my mid sixties and had got to the stage where I could barely walk, let alone do anything more strenuous.I had been referred (on the NHS, via my GP and a physiotherapist) for both hips, but it was my left one that really hurt. The circumference of my thigh on that side was several inches less than on my right, and stepping onto it felt very unsafe. After examining my X-rays and checking me over Mr Shah emphasised that even though my right hip was showing clear signs of deterioration, if it didn’t trouble me, there was no need to worry about it.I was placed on his NHS waiting list and a few months later given a hospital appointment. This was for January 2020. The lead up to the operation, the procedure itself, the hospital stay, and the aftercare, went very smoothly. I was soon back home, recovering. I had been told to expect a testing few weeks as my muscles adjusted, and I did find it hard initially, especially having to sleep on my back, After the third week, I felt myself going from strength to strength, and when I saw Mr Shah a month later he pronounced himself satisfied with my progress and emphasised that I could now lead a more or less normal life.When I saw Mr Shah again, for a further check up, in February 2021, my left hip was completely pain free and fully mobile. However, my right hip was deteriorating, to the point where its thigh had also shrunk dramatically, though I was still largely pain free. Mr Shah and I discussed this and we decided to review progress a year later, but that if it got worse in the meantime, for me to let him know.I held out for a further year, but by the time I saw Mr Shah in Spring 2022, I knew I had little option but to have my right hip replaced too. For the second time, I went on Mr Shah’s waiting list and returned to hospital in early August. Everything went much as before, and soon after I found myself recovering at home, briefly struggling with having to sleep on my back again. After a few weeks, I experienced the familiar resurgence of strength and vitality. Up to this point, it was reassuring to realise that the incredible reliance I was placing on my left leg was testimony to how well it had integrated since my first operation. Now, three months after my right hip replacement, I am looking forward to it doing much the same, which is a fantastic prospect.Apart from these two hip operations, I have never spent much time in hospital, and none ‘under the knife’, so no comparisons can be made. However, my unequivocal view is that I received the most wonderful treatment, from first to last, under the auspices of the NHS. I have nothing but boundless praise and admiration for all the professionals involved, from the doctor who first saw me and referred me to the physiotherapist, who in turn referred me to Mr Shah. Mr Shah himself, of course, has now provided me with, as he put it, ‘a matching pair’ of hips ‘for life’, for which I am more grateful than I can say. The fact they operate so seamlessly with the rest of me is testimony to his skill. All the staff I encountered at Goring Hall - receptionists, nurses, physios, caterers, ancillary workers, etc - were uniformly friendly, helpful, and unfailingly positive in outlook, which went a long way to lessening my apprehension. Finally, I must add a word of thanks to the two anaesthetists I saw, both of whom were extremely reassuring during those scary moments prior to ‘going under’.

Thank you to Mr Shah and all the staff at Goring Hall for the excellent treatment I received during my stay at the hospital. I have had both hips replaced over a period of time and it has made a vast improvement to my life. Once again thank you all so much.

Mr Shah is a superb orthopaedic surgeon. He has replaced both my hips 7 years apart and as promised gave me a perfect matching pair.As a doctor myself I was told by one of his own orthopaedic colleagues that he is the surgeon he would go to himself. He is accustomed to complex joint replacements and is very skilled. I would give him more than 5 stars if I could.