This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
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- Author：Adam Kay
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Summary
Scribbled in secret after endless days， sleepless nights and missed weekends， Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line。 Hilarious， horrifying and heartbreaking， this diary is everything you wanted to know - and more than a few things you didn't - about life on and off the hospital ward。
This edition includes extra diary entries and a new afterword by the author。
This edition includes extra diary entries and a new afterword by the author。
Reviews
Jade Harper
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Fuck me that hurt。I know it wasn’t made to deter anyone from considering medicine， actually the aftermath applauded the NHS and their sacrifice， but his experiences really fucked me up。I’m not considering going into medicine via the NHS anymore， especially not A&E。 But the good he said about the career- I agree with immensely， I want to go into medicine via the national forces even more。Potentially not patriotic enough to go via NHS but serve in the Air Force？Adam Kay deserves a hug
Susannah
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This is hilarious and also sad and moving in parts， it is really eye opening as to the work involved in obstetrics and the hours the doctors work and how many things can go wrong。 This is laugh out loud funny in parts and I also liked how he changed some of the names for Harry Potter characters。
Annabelle Penhaligon
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People have finished reading this book with all kinds of emotions。 For me， it's just pure anger。 People have finished reading this book with all kinds of emotions。 For me， it's just pure anger。 。。。more
daisy
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fucking hell
Bethany Waller
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Didn't expect this book to hit as hard as it does。 I don't think you ever really realise what the NHS and its staff go through on a daily basis until you read something like this。 Adam gives such a detailed account of his days， from finishing his training and spending his first day on a ward to the very last。 It's a hilarious but heartbreaking montage of moments， that give great context and information on doctorly duties。 I think it's easy to forget， when you're in a non-medical field - with you Didn't expect this book to hit as hard as it does。 I don't think you ever really realise what the NHS and its staff go through on a daily basis until you read something like this。 Adam gives such a detailed account of his days， from finishing his training and spending his first day on a ward to the very last。 It's a hilarious but heartbreaking montage of moments， that give great context and information on doctorly duties。 I think it's easy to forget， when you're in a non-medical field - with your weekends off， fixed hours and basically guaranteed pay rises - that doctors， nurses and other members of our health service are in fact human， and not some sub-species of genetically-modified homo-sapiens with super powers。 They just human。 We need to remember this more， and make sure we're standing up for our health care professionals that spend so much of their time looking after us。 We need to keep the NHS going， but we need to make it sustainable。 We need to stand up for our health care providers。 We need to make it more humane。 。。。more
Holly Escott
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I bought this ages ago in a charity shop but hadn’t got round to reading it as it’s not my usual sort of book。 However， with the arrival of the new BBC series， this went straight to the top of my TBR pile。 It was such a convenient read for a busy working week as it consists of short diary entries which are mostly lighthearted， making light of the worst possible situations。 This was an easy but important read which really makes you appreciate our health workers and the NHS。
Sakinah Shabirin
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I love how this book made me laugh and eek from the start and without realizing I almost cried when I'm about to finish reading this book。 Would love to encourage more people to read this book especially those who don't have any medical background to try understand what it's like to be in the NHS。 I love how this book made me laugh and eek from the start and without realizing I almost cried when I'm about to finish reading this book。 Would love to encourage more people to read this book especially those who don't have any medical background to try understand what it's like to be in the NHS。 。。。more
NJ
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Great book。 Funny， sad， enlightening。 I recommend this book to ppl within and external of the health industry。
Riley Cutler
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This is the best description I’ve ever read of medical training - brutally honest， beautiful， crushing- written by someone who sounds like the kind of doctor I want to be。 It’s sad the profession lost someone like him， and I feel like it could be myself or any of my coworkers。
Harry Haddock
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i loved this book initially because its humour is perfect。 but at the same time， aside from the hilarious bits， its so informative on the actual life of a doctor and i learned so much about medical stuff/birth stuff， maybe most of which i would've been okay without knowing。 the style of writing made it a fast but super enjoyable read and itll stick with me for a long time i loved this book initially because its humour is perfect。 but at the same time， aside from the hilarious bits， its so informative on the actual life of a doctor and i learned so much about medical stuff/birth stuff， maybe most of which i would've been okay without knowing。 the style of writing made it a fast but super enjoyable read and itll stick with me for a long time 。。。more
Arden Keys
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If you can get past the already outdated terminology （such as legitimately using the word ‘hermaphrodite’ on a patient’s file， as well as some antiquated musings on weight loss/fat people （（occurring， admittedly， infrequently and perhaps understandable for the time period in which it was written）））， it’s an interesting read。
Ashleigh Dare
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I am infinitely grateful that I decided to read （listen） to this book。 It was an intimate expose on the life of a junior doctor and it was brutally eye-opening， hilarious， and heart-wrenching all at once。 I was shocked and grossed out （because some medical stuff is just icky）， I laughed， and I cried as my heart was ripped out of my chest; a few times whilst behind the wheel of my car， so I needed to pull over and pull myself together。 It really makes me appreciate the gruelling time， effort， and I am infinitely grateful that I decided to read （listen） to this book。 It was an intimate expose on the life of a junior doctor and it was brutally eye-opening， hilarious， and heart-wrenching all at once。 I was shocked and grossed out （because some medical stuff is just icky）， I laughed， and I cried as my heart was ripped out of my chest; a few times whilst behind the wheel of my car， so I needed to pull over and pull myself together。 It really makes me appreciate the gruelling time， effort， and pieces of the soul that are given up by the selfless humans who devote their lives to the， at times seemingly impossible， job of practicing medicine and trying to save lives on a daily basis。 Being an OB/GYN doctor， almost every account he started had my heart in my mouth not knowing if it was going to be joyous， funny， or heart-breaking。 Sometimes doctors perform miracles， but sometimes they can't， and this was a stark reminder of how delicate life can be。I would definitely recommend listening to this， as it is read by the author， so the emotion he would have felt reading aloud his personal diary entries is conveyed honestly， which makes the emotional entries even moreso。 。。。more
Abbie Morson
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long winded， but funny at times。 found it hard to get through but is a good example of the challenges faced by the NHS staff
AJ
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Some books must be read slowly， whereas， some must be skim-read， instead。 This one though was definitely the latter。
Haylee
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This Is Going to HurtI have never read such a trueful and powerful book in my whole life。 this book has to be a favourite of mine that I have never had before but now I do。 When it came to watching the Series and reading the book it is completely different as the TV Series has a lot more comedy in it， but then the book has a lot more information and truth。 I found it much sadder than being funnier and I think that Stephen Fry， Charlie Brooker and Dawn French have got it completely wrong when it This Is Going to HurtI have never read such a trueful and powerful book in my whole life。 this book has to be a favourite of mine that I have never had before but now I do。 When it came to watching the Series and reading the book it is completely different as the TV Series has a lot more comedy in it， but then the book has a lot more information and truth。 I found it much sadder than being funnier and I think that Stephen Fry， Charlie Brooker and Dawn French have got it completely wrong when it comes to saying it was hilarious and funny as it was not。 Adam Kay is just such a brilliant writer and hopefully he will write a lot more as he has a true talent when it comes to writing。 I feel that the book would make a wonderful book club or just a general read。 I recommend this book big time and even as a gift。 。。。more
Zuzia Fiedor
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4，5⭐️„Wyrzuć te książkę， bo nikt nie będzie chciał mieć dzieci” Tak się właśnie czuje i boje się tego szczerze mówiąc po wysłuchaniu jej XD Ale książka jest tak wartościowa i opowiada o realiach służby zdrowia。 Jeśli kiedykolwiek będę chciała narzekać na lekarzy wiem， że oni też są ludźmi！ Polecam z całego serca nawet dla osób które totalnie nie interesują się medycyną！！！！
Nadia
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This was good。 It was a funny， easy read。 It was witty and comical but also very heartfelt at the end。 Definitely gives you a good appreciation for the NHS， and how over worked the staff are。 The most shocking parts of the book weren't the goriest or strangest patients or procedures he had to carry out but how much was expected of him with so little support。 This was good。 It was a funny， easy read。 It was witty and comical but also very heartfelt at the end。 Definitely gives you a good appreciation for the NHS， and how over worked the staff are。 The most shocking parts of the book weren't the goriest or strangest patients or procedures he had to carry out but how much was expected of him with so little support。 。。。more
Avery Winningham
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Hilarious and heartbreaking。 Amazing read， which opened my eyes to the highs and lows of working in the NHS。 Everyone should read this！
Nathalia Miller
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Honest， funny， uncensored！
Peta
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This great book hooks you with tiny snippets that are very funny。 Then this likeable， wonderful doctor just walks away。 Bang。 Just like that。 I totally got it。 I want to walk away all the time。 （Overworked， unattainable expectations， crazies。） You never know what will be the final straw。 Great book。
Adara Kirana
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4。5
holly
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the title was right， this really did hurt。
Jessica Rose
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Three a。m。 attendance at labour ward triage。 Patient RO is twenty-five years old and thirty weeks into her first pregnancy。 She complains of a large number of painless spots on her tongue。 Diagnosis: taste buds。Very touching but hilarious diary of a junior doctor trying to survive the brutalities of an underfunded， understaffed， and under-supported NHS。 Feels a bit bad to say it was funny when so much goes wrong - suicidal doctors， fractured relationships， dead mothers， dead babies， an unend Three a。m。 attendance at labour ward triage。 Patient RO is twenty-five years old and thirty weeks into her first pregnancy。 She complains of a large number of painless spots on her tongue。 Diagnosis: taste buds。Very touching but hilarious diary of a junior doctor trying to survive the brutalities of an underfunded， understaffed， and under-supported NHS。 Feels a bit bad to say it was funny when so much goes wrong - suicidal doctors， fractured relationships， dead mothers， dead babies， an unending tsunami of disasters - but this book was genuinely very engaging and I got through it in a couple of hours。 Kay has a very natural and easy humour， as well as a candid vulnerability that has you in tears of laughter as often as tears of sadness。 An excellent read that I think everyone in the UK ought to consume before their next doctor's appointment （perhaps it should be available in waiting rooms to give people something to read while they wait their 4 hours to be seen）。 （Incidentally - seen a few negative reviews from people who think it's immoral for doctors （or ex-doctors， I suppose） to write about their patients' medical catastrophes。 These same negative reviewers have left gushing reviews on books about the Holocaust， slavery， and trench warfare。 Presumably genocide is easier to stomach than a doctor's gallows humour about having to deliver dead babies after 19 hours on shift with no break？ Some very strange holier-than-thou nonsense going on in this review section。）A very nice start to my "Male Author March" readathon。 。。。more
Clemmie Richards
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A comedic take on the hardships of being a doctor in the NHS。 Engaging throughout， would recommend to anyone！！
truenorth
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Interesting and humorous。 Tendency was to mostly have stories with sexual overtones。
Lauren Thompson
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I didn't love this as much as everyone else seemed to unfortunately。 Maybe just down to my own tastes but I found the author quite insensitive and I was surprised to read some of the comments he made about the patients and babies。 I didn't love this as much as everyone else seemed to unfortunately。 Maybe just down to my own tastes but I found the author quite insensitive and I was surprised to read some of the comments he made about the patients and babies。 。。。more
Lost Vegas
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A re read but just as heartbreaking and raw as the first time。 It’s not an easy read。
Benji
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A very quick read， and a very good one。 Profound and important。 Funny and honest。
Taylor
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3。75 Breezed through this one。 In the beginning I found the book very funny - even laughing out loud at points from his anecdotes - but it became a little stale and felt the author was trying too hard to be funny at some points。 Jokes were made about the elderly & there were fatphobic comments that just didn’t land well with me （a few entries definitely could’ve been missed out too， I don’t particularly want to know that you were having a wank 60 seconds prior to delivering a baby）。 However， I d 3。75 Breezed through this one。 In the beginning I found the book very funny - even laughing out loud at points from his anecdotes - but it became a little stale and felt the author was trying too hard to be funny at some points。 Jokes were made about the elderly & there were fatphobic comments that just didn’t land well with me （a few entries definitely could’ve been missed out too， I don’t particularly want to know that you were having a wank 60 seconds prior to delivering a baby）。 However， I did enjoy reading this as it was a good insight to the life of a junior doctor working for the NHS - they definitely are overworked and underpaid！ 。。。more
Linh
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