Hodder & Stoughton Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor by Max Pemberton

Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor by Max Pemberton is published by Hodder & Stoughton. It is written as a humorous and accessible account of a first year working as a doctor in the NHS.

Key details

• Author: Max Pemberton
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Centres on the author’s first year as a junior doctor in the NHS
• Begins on the evening before his first day at work

Synopsis

The book opens around the first Wednesday in August, when newly qualified junior doctors start their first placements and begin putting six years of learning into practice. From the night before he starts work, Max Pemberton records his first year in the NHS, moving from youthful idealism to frank bewilderment as he discovers how much of the job involves paperwork and working things out as he goes.

Alongside the day-to-day realities of hospital life, he and other new doctors face questions around life, love and mental health, as well as the practical challenge of finding time for ordinary tasks such as doing the laundry. The tone is described as touching and funny, with a comparison to All Creatures Great and Small and Bridget Jones's Diary.