Rachel is a former broadcast journalist, current NHS palliative care doctor and author of three Sunday Times bestselling books including DEAR LIFE (shortlisted for the shortlisted for the 2020 Costa Biography Award) and BREATHTAKING (adapted by Rachel, Jed Mercurio and Prasanna Puwanarajah into a major 3-part television series broadcast by ITV in 2024).

Rachel writes for the Guardian, Sunday Times, New Statesman, Telegraph and Lancet, among others. She is a sought after public speaker and her television and radio appearances include BBC Question Time, BBC Newsnight, Channel 4 News, BBC Woman’s Hour and Sky News.

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