Dr Rachel Clarke

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Palliative care doctor 👩🏻‍⚕ Author 📚 Winner: 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 🫀 Founder: Hospice Ukraine 🇺🇦 Rep: Clare Alexander at Aitken Alexander 📝
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This is a dream come true, a once in a lifetime honour. I am so utterly thrilled to have won the 2025 @womensprize.bsky.social for Non-Fiction. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who gave me such generous support in writing The Story of a Heart, especially Max & Keira’s incredible, wonderful families 🩷🫁🫀

Women’s prize trophy & photo of book of story of a heart
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Thank you so much for this review - I will never stop being astounded by the medical miracle that is organ donation 💙

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Book no 29: The Story of a Heart. "Hearts sing, soar, race, burn, break, bleed, swell hammer and melt. They can be won or lost, cut or trampled, and hewn from oak or stone or gold." This beautiful book by @drrachelclarke.com explores the difficult, emotive topic of heart transplants 1/4 #Booksky📚

The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke
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It was a pleasure to contribute to this @theguardian.com “The Experts” piece on what death can teach us about how to live. No-one is ever an expert on mortality, but here are my personal top 4 lessons, distilled from everything my patients have taught me as palliative care doctor…

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Shattering news from Ukraine. At least 24 people, including 3 children, killed in yesterday’s attack on Kyiv.

It is so vital we don’t let this pass us by, nor glaze over, nor turn away.

Russia will keep on murdering civilians in Ukraine for as long as it can.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

theguardian.comAt least 24 killed in Kyiv in one of deadliest Russian attacks since start of war – Europe liveThe death toll included three children, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said
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Delighted and honoured to be speaking here in Dublin this afternoon @rcsi-medprof.bsky.social 💚🤍🧡

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@drrachelclarke.com is an NHS palliative care doctor and the author of multiple The Sunday Times bestselling books about medicine. We are delighted to have Dr.Clarke join us @ #MedProf26 @rcsi.bsky.social #Dublin @fergalbowers.bsky.social @irishmedicaltimes.bsky.social @irishlittimes.bsky.social

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Honoured and delighted to be joining @rcsi-medprof.bsky.social's conference in Dublin on Friday 15th May. I'll be talking about the vital importance for our patients of speaking out with candour, even when the message may be difficult to hear. Full details via the QR code below.

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Register for #MedProf26 - www.rcsi.com/dublin/about... We are pleased to announce the annual #MedProf26 Conference on 15th May 2026 @rcsi.bsky.social Professionalism in Healthcare: Education, Experience and Example Supported by @medicalprotection.bsky.social & Bon Secours Health System Ireland

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💥💥 Tonight! 💥💥 Please join me, @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social & Sarah Perry online at 7pm discussing April's @hayfestival.bsky.social book club choice, Paul Kalanithi's wonderful "When Breath Becomes Air". Sign up is free 💙📚🩺

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