In Stitches: The Highs and Lows of Life as an A&E Doctor by Nick Edwards

Despite the headlines, actually the NHS has just had its best year ever. Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health, eulogising to the BBC, 22nd April 2006.Despite what the politicians say, things have gone a bit tits up recently. Dr Nick Edwards, A&E Doctor, ranting to his mates down the pub, 22nd April 2006..Dr Nick Edwards is an Accident and Emergency (A&E) Doctor working in the UK and a passionate believer in the NHS. However the reforms, political correctness and the Anglo-Saxon culture of binge drinking and fighting and the resulting A&E visits are a strain on his sanity. So, to keep up his morale, he began writing down his feelings a form of literary cathartic therapy the results of which make up this book.