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Rachel Clarke

Rachel Clarke is a palliative care doctor and the author of Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a Time of Pandemic.

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Diary

How Breathtaking brought tears to the Baftas

Also this week: In awe of maverick nurses, and why swearing should be prescribed on the NHS.

By Rachel Clarke

How Breathtaking brought tears to the Baftas

Why the government’s court action against striking nurses is an act of vindictive idiocy

By Rachel Clarke

A night in a Kyiv bunker, palliative care in a war zone, and another chance for Jeremy Hunt

By Rachel Clarke

Boris Johnson still does not understand his great betrayal of ordinary people

By Rachel Clarke

Life Support: a “pound-shop diatribe” against the principles of the NHS

By Rachel Clarke

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To stop Omicron overwhelming the NHS, we need new restrictions now

To stop Omicron overwhelming the NHS, we need new restrictions now

Boris Johnson is deluded if he thinks that booster jabs alone can prevent a new catastrophe.

By Rachel Clarke

Boris Johnson’s recklessness over Covid-19 has led to a new NHS crisis

Boris Johnson’s recklessness over Covid-19 has led to a new NHS crisis

We are desperate to treat everyone and are failing to do so – because we have been set up…

By Rachel Clarke

Rachel Clarke's Diary: Hancock vs Cummings and the medical miracle of the human heart

Rachel Clarke’s Diary: Hancock vs Cummings and the medical miracle of the human heart

Every day a heart will beat more than 86,000 times; this powerhouse of evolutionary engineering kicks Teslas, Ferraris and superyachts into…

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