My Review for This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I bought ‘This is Going to Hurt’ during lockdown 1.0 in 2020 but I’ve only just got around to reading it (the dilemma of having too many books to choose from)! Having worked in the NHS for 25 years as a Receptionist/Secretary and Personal Assistant, I thought it would be interesting to see what Adam Kay went through as a junior doctor. Adam Kay wrote snatched entries into his secret diaries whenever he had a chance, ‘after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends. Beginning when he got his first post as a House Officer through to when he quit medicine as a Senior Registrar. Throughout his stories, he holds nothing back, being totally honest about what he thinks of the NHS, his colleagues and his patients. For anyone who thinks a doctor has things easy and gets paid a lot, and for anyone who doesn’t work in the NHS (and those who do) - read this book - I think you will be surprised. I loved the honesty Adam brings to his diaries and I’m gues...