Rachel Clarke
Before going to medical school, Dr Rachel Clarke was a television journalist and documentary maker. She now specialises in palliative medicine, caring deeply about helping patients live the end of their lives as fully and richly as possible - and in the power of human stories to build empathy and inspire change. Rachel is the author of three Sunday Times bestselling books. Breathtaking reveals what life was really like inside the NHS during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. Dear Life, shortlisted for the 2020 Costa Biography Award and long-listed for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize, is based on her work in a hospice. It explores love, loss, grief, dying and what really matters at the end of life. Your Life in My Hands documents life as a junior doctor on the NHS frontline.
Videos
Life as a doctor in the hospice - "Your Life in My Hands" | Dr Rachel Clarke | 5x15
Recorded at 5x15 at The Tabernacle in London, November 2017.
5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There
Dear Life: A Doctor's Story in a hospice | Dr Rachel Clarke | 5x15
Past Events
Polly Morland and Rachel Clarke on A Fortunate Woman
Acclaimed author Polly Morland speaks about the NHS and her new book A Fortunate Woman, with doctor and best-selling writer Rachel Clarke.
Feb 2021 5x15 - 5 speakers, 15 minutes each
Join us in February for an evening of urgent and immersive storytelling from 5x15.
5x15 Notting Hill - February 2020
5 speakers, 15 minutes each. An evening of innovation, ideas and inspiration.