Rachel Clarke (nee Rendall, born 1972) is a British writer and physician, specialising in palliative and end of life care and working in a large NHS hospital.

During 2015–2016, she had an active voice in the dispute in the United Kingdom between newly qualified physicians and the government over their contractual conditions of work, appearing in multiple television debates and interviews.

Rachel Clarke was born in Wiltshire in 1972, to Mark Rendall, a general practitioner, and Dorothy, a nurse.

[5] Clarke's campaigning began when the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, sought to impose a new contract upon junior doctors.

In particular, she was concerned that doctors would be unable to maintain their compassion and empathy, the attributes that drew them in to the profession in the first place.

Robert MacFarlane described it as a remarkable book: "tender, funny, brave, heartfelt, radiant with love and life.

[19] Based on her own experiences caring for people with COVID-19, in addition to interviews with colleagues, patients and their families, it reveals what life was like inside the NHS during the first wave of COVID-19 in the UK.