This Is Going to Hurt

Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident

by Adam Kay

Paperback, 288 pages

Published Dec. 1, 2020 by Little, Brown Spark.

ISBN:: 978-0-316-42674-9

(7 reviews)

The story of an overworked, underpaid junior doctor in the employ of the UK's National Health System, as told through a series of diary entries.

6 editions

Sean Randall reviewed This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay

Review of 'This Is Going to Hurt' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I give these sorts of books 3 stars usually, 4 if they're especially good. But this one actually made me laugh out loud in spots, whilst having a very potent and on-key message. It's just the beginning of 2018, and the NHS is in the worst shape of my life. So reading this was profoundly moving in a way it perhaps might not have been. I have a great deal of respect for the NHS, and if everything in this book is true, for Adam as well, for persevering and making such a difference for a goodly number of years to many hundreds of lives.