The Doctor Will See You Now: The highs and lows of my life as an NHS GP

Couldn’t put it down - a great example of the humanity hidden behind the profession. Highly recommend this as an easy but powerful and interesting read.

I wanna start off by saying two things before I forget: First, every book I read starts off with the full five stars and this book is no different. Second, I'm a nosey parker so the title of this book really piqued my interest so I bought it straight away... let's hope it doesn't disappoint me now lolJust finished the first chapter and I'm already fighting back the tears. I was a bit confused by the first few pages, talking about the authors trip to the garden centre and what on earth it had to do with a GP and his patients. I was tempted to knock off a star but I'm so glad I didn't now... still a firm 5 stars, thankfully.Nosey parker question one - the author (who's a newly qualified male GP) has just had to examine a lady "down below" who agreed to a chaperone - all fine and dandy so far yeah? Here comes the nosey parker bit - does the chaperone have her back to the doctor, reassuring the patient, or does she face the doctor to make sure he's not doing things he shouldn't please? I've never had a chaperone in any of my examinations (they've been offered, I just haven't felt the need is all) so haven't got a clue what actually happens with them is all and now seems like the ideal opportunity to find out lolUp to chapter four now and those five stars are still firmly in place. There was a 3 year old patient with a rare heart problem and the doc wanted to get to know more about her medical issues so that he could keep a better eye on her in the future... I'm wondering if it's like that with my GP too, 'cos I've got two rare illnesses (one neurological and the other with my mental health, fortunately not with my heart), so does my GP rub his hands in excitement each time I contact him, or am I just another patient?Oh no! Chapter 6 must have been so hard to write and emotional to re-live!The end of chapter 9 made me sooo grateful... it must be things like that which make it so worthwhile for doctors and the people they manage to persuade their patients to contact.Chapter eleven is quite gross, so don't eat or drink anything you want to keep down when you read it. The doctor has an amazing way of making even the grossest things sound normal and even, dare I say it, fun and humorous! If only more doctors were like him!We're onto painkillers and the new advice being to reduce/stop them but that there's no other way to stop the pain atm. I swear by TENS machines - it takes a bit of trial and error to find the right one for you and they are pretty expensive to buy, but they are an awesome painkiller and literally the only thing that stopped my Endometriosis pain! If more doctors prescribed those instead of painkillers then surely it'd be cheaper and healthier in the long-run??Just finished the last page and those five stars are so well deserved... there hasn't been a single reason to knock off a star and I am heartily recommending it to everyone. Medical bods are under a huge amount of pressure every day at work and the corona virus has added even more pressure. Next time you use the NHS, please don't hesitate to say "thank you" and maybe consider sending a thank you card too. Thank you for opening my eyes, Dr Khan and thank you for caring so much about your patients during this awful time!

I enjoyed this book; it’s an insightful look in to the life of a GP working within the UK’s NHS system. I’d previously read This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay which centres around the life of a Doctor working within an NHS hospital and enjoyed it and The Doctor Will See You Now seemed to be of an almost identical format from the short sample that I read prior to purchasing the book. Although written by different authors there were many similarities between the two books and if you enjoyed This Is Going to Hurt then I think you’ll also like this book. However if I’m going to compare the two books This Is Going to Hurt is superior as it has a comedic element that elevates it above just being a generic book about working in the NHS.The book covers Amir’s experiences working in the NHS in a GP’s surgery and he talks of encounters he has had with patients, including some longer anecdotes which thread through the book reappearing every so often. The book ends as the COVID-19 pandemic is beginning to hit the UK and there are a few pages dedicated to this but I would like to have heard more, maybe an additional chapter could be added or maybe this could be the focus of a new book.It’s an easy read, the author writes in an engaging, conversational style and it never felt like a chore to read. It lacked humour and there were also a few times where I felt that some of the comments made were bordering on disrespectful.If I were to find criticism of this book it would be that the Author seemed to be just a bit TOO nice, to the point that I found it unbelievable that anyone could be that nice at all times, he never expresses frustrations or annoyances to situations, it is all very saccharine and as though he is trying to convince the reader of how nice he is. I’d have preferred it if there had been a few occasions when he had written his more negative feelings as I’m sure these incidents occur as no one is super-human and it would have made it more believable.I’d recommend this book as it’s an easy read; it is an informative and interesting look at the NHS GP system and would probably be particularly interesting to anyone who isn’t familiar with the NHS system.

Absolutely loved the series on tv! Dr Khan is a fantastic GP as are all the doctors who help us .Drs, Nurse's health visitors. Anyone working in the medical profession is totally amzing . loved this book!.

I am loving the book. Its great. I can highly recommend it.

This book really does show the highs and lows of a GP. Dr Khan shows that being a GP is a vocation and not just a job. Well written with empathy and humour.

I loved this book, it is such an easy read I can almost hear Amir reading this.it's a great insight to a GP's world , maybe we should all read it and then we may become a little more tolerant of the NHS.

Very good. Easy read

I overall enjoyed this book. Lots of stories of various patients seen in GP. A good variety indicative of the range of patients seen. I didn’t love the ending (it felt lacking) but overall enjoyed the book.

Good

Great book. Huge fan of Dr Amir for a while now. His book can inspire GP s and potential GP s all over the world.Thank you Amir.