This is Going to Hurt

This is Going to Hurt (2017) is a revealing look at the daily reality of working as a doctor in the UK today, as experienced by one man who rose through the ranks of the country’s National Healthcare System (NHS). At times painfully funny, and in others disturbingly grim, author Adam Kay’s personal recollections and diary entries offer a warts-and-all look at the life of a doctor in the NHS.

A former doctor, Adam Kay is currently a British comedian and a writer for television shows such as Mitchell and Webb, Up the Women and Very British Problems. He also performs regularly sold-out shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and his book, This is Going to Hurt, was named Non-Fiction Book of the Year by the UK’s National Book Awards.