Quick Reads This Is Going To Hurt: An Easy To Read Version Of The Bestselling Book

Adam has a heart of gold & if the NHS didn’t fail him he would still be an excellent & deeply compassionate physician. It breaks my heart because patients desperately need doctors like him. Before reading this I had no idea how bad life was for doctors in the UK. (I’m from the USA)I hope his memoir will lead to change for the sake of all: both the doctors in training and the patients whose lives depend on them.

This is a fantastic book! The author writes from his viewpoint of being in the medical profession in England. Doctors are treated different overseas than they are here (from what I have been told), so it is refreshing to gain insight to another countries medical environment. There are some laughs and some moments you feel very sad foe the situation. That is an amazing task for such a short 100 page book, but it is masterfully done in this text.

Really enjoyed this book.Easy and quick to read. Funny and light but with a hard hitting point. I’m an RN and can have experienced, first hand, over worked and over tired physicians and it’s a shame that it is like that. We need change.

I loved everything about this quick read! It reminded me of my time as a CNA working in the nursing home and hospital. Some days you will have good days and other days you will endure the bad. The job was rewarding but it surely takes a toll on you. I enjoyed reading the stories Adam shared. They brought me joy. If you are looking for something quick to get you back into the habit of reading or something light and hearty, I would recommend.

Well, it's helped me understand why a cousin doesn't want to be a doctor like the rest of his relatives close to him. He even warned my sis about it.This is a tough profession. That's coming from an IT engineer who has flashbacks of meanie bullies I've run into while working.

Boring.

Reminded me of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole when I first started it. Loved the humour and could tell it was his way of dealing with the daily stress. Sad ending and eye opening into how tough life actually is working in a hospital. They basically have no life, can’t make plans and don’t get paid near enough.I’ve lost faith in our medical system over the years as the focus has gone from health to money for the fat cats and it’s all very sad. These doctors choose a career to help people and just get treated like garbage in return with ridiculous long hours and no life. Still a great, quick read. I finished it in a few hours 🤣

Highly deceptive....not the original book, just a review

This book was recommended by a friend who has worked in the NHS as an anaesthetist, since moved to the practice of teaching anaesthesia.Whilst we hear about problems within the NHS and the critical comments when anyone dares to strike, this book brings it home. It is written with humour and honesty, sometimes brutal. All MP’s ant anyone working within management of the NHS should be asked to read this.Thank you for highlighting the issues and scale of the problems so that we have a much deeper understanding of what’s happening.My sympathy goes out to anyone in this situation and I’m sorry that you gave so much and lost so much.

Mark Watson put it in a nutshell: ""This is a ferociously funny book, but beneath the sheen of brilliant one-liners is a passionate, acutely personal examination of what the health service does for us, and what we're in danger of doing to it"Highly recommended.

The Reading Agency is passionate about literacy. Every Year a number of authors are encouraged to write short stories to promote reading. At just a £1 and freely available in book shops they are the sort of books you can share and encourage others to read when normally they would shy away from a novel packed with loads of words.This is going to hurt is unusual in that it has been adapted from Adam Kay’s bestselling book.This abridged version was specially rewritten for ease of reading by Francesca Main.It was a Quick Read in every sense, the writing style is a series of diary entries by Adam from his time as a Junior Doctor. I read it in one sitting and feel confident it would suit anyone interested in the NHS and a fan of Holby or Casualty.Written with humour and passion. It is an open insight to how tough the life of a junior doctor can be. It mentions the highs and the lows but despite the lack of sleep there is no shortage of skill, dedication and wit. It left me so full of admiration for the work doctors do and the long hours they are compelled to work.It isn’t a political rant but a testimony of someone who knows and cares for patients and the health of the NHS.“I hope it will give a glimpse of what the job really involves.”Reading this you will think that the government line when they criticise junior doctors perhaps indicates they have never been a patient in our hospitals or spent seven hours shadowing a doctor during perhaps a 97 hour week.I love anything that makes reading more accessible and this is a book all should read for we all need and rely on the NHS.