Book info

• Title Dear NHS
• Author Adam Kay
• Year 2020
• Genre Non-Fiction

The NHS is our single greatest achievement as a country. No matter who you are, no matter what your health needs are, and no matter how much money you have, the NHS is there for you. In Dear NHS, 100 inspirational people come together to share their stories of how the national health service has been there for them, and changed their lives in the process. By turns deeply moving, hilarious, hopeful and impassioned, these stories together become a love letter to the NHS and the 1.4 million people who go above and beyond the call of duty every single day - selflessly, generously, putting others before themselves, never more so than now. They are all heroes, and this book is our way of saying thank you.

Thoughts

I bought this at the time it was released, midway through 2020, the heart of the pandemic, of lockdown, of the NHS’s most difficult times, when clapping on the doorsteps was considered the best we could do to support them. I couldn’t read the book at the time, though. I tried, and it all just felt a bit too much. But now I’ve read it and I love the love that’s contained within. More than 100 famous names contribute a varying amount of paragraphs to talk of their experiences with the best health service in the world, and why we should continue to support it. An incredible collection of writers, too, I knew almost all of them!

Rating: 5 / 5