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Palliative care and choice must be at the heart of the assisted dying debate

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Rachel Clarke on how people are dying without the support they need

The Guardian - UK

As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis

While the government debates assisted dying, palliative care is an afterthought. And many more people face death without the care and support they need, says Rachel Clarke

The Guardian - UK

As a long-term psychiatric patient, I’ve had superior care from the NHS

Letters: Readers repond to an article and letters on mental health care in the NHS

The Guardian - UK

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Fundamental flaws in the NHS psychiatric system

Letters: Readers respond to a review of the book Fragile Minds by Bella Jackson and share their own insights

The Guardian - UK

The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke is a powerful account of one child’s gift to another

What does it mean to save a life – and what does it cost? In The Story of a Heart, Rachel Clarke answers this not with slogans or sentiment, but with quiet, searing honesty. This book, which won this year’s Women’s prize for non-fiction, is about organ donation, yes, but…

The Conversation

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

Westminster is set to decriminalise abortion – what about Scotland?

WESTMINSTER legislation to decriminalise abortion has cleared the House of Commons this week - but what about Scotland?

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The Guardian view on the Women’s prize for nonfiction: shining a light where it’s badly needed

Editorial: Having a separate award was good for female novelists. Now a medical author is blazing a trail with a true story

The Guardian - UK

‘They entrusted me with their daughter’s memory’: Women’s prize winner Rachel Clarke on her story of a life-saving transplant

The Story of a Heart, which won this year’s award for nonfiction, tells how one child saved the life of another. The author talks about the amazing families involved, campaigning for a better NHS, and how being a doctor frames the way she writes

The Guardian - UK

Women’s Prize winner slams ‘unbelievable’ NHS doctor unemployment

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The Independent UK

Women’s Prize winner Rachel Clarke issues plea to Wes Streeting as NHS doctors face unemployment

Author and palliative care doctor won the literary award for her fourth book, ‘The Story of a Heart’

The Independent UK

Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘greatest honour’ as an intersex woman, says winner

Dutch author Yael Van der Wouden will receive £30,000 and a bronze statuette.

Evening Standard

NHS doctor Rachel Clarke and debut novelist Yael van der Wouden win Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction and Fiction

Authors will receive £30,000 prize money in recognition of their achievements

The Independent UK

Yael van der Wouden and Rachel Clarke win Women's Prize book awards

Dutch writer Yael van der Wouden won the Women’s Prize for Fiction on Thursday for her debut novel “The Safekeep.”

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Women’s prize for fiction goes to debut novelist Yael van der Wouden’s The Safekeep

Nonfiction award goes to Rachel Clarke’s ‘beautiful and compassionate’ The Story of a Heart, about a lifesaving transplant seen from all sides

Evening Standard

Debut novel by Dutch author wins 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction

Yael van der Wouden won the award for her novel, The Safekeep, which explores repressed desire and the unresolved aftermath of the Holocaust.

Evening Standard

Pro-choice group opposes Stella Creasy’s abortion amendment

NC20 would remove criminal penalties for abortion in England and Wales, effectively decriminalising the procedure in all circumstances.

Euronews

Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025: Neneh Cherry, Yuan Yang, and Rachel Clarke in shortlist

Musical memoirs, medical histories, and foreign office insights populate the second annual shortlist of the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction.

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The Independent UK

Musician Neneh Cherry and medic Rachel Clarke are among finalists for a major nonfiction prize

A moving memoir by Swedish singer Neneh Cherry and the gripping story of a heart transplant by British doctor Rachel Clarke are among finalists for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction

The Guardian - UK

Yuan Yang, Neneh Cherry and Rachel Clarke shortlisted for Women’s prize for nonfiction

Chloe Dalton, Helen Scales and Clare Mulley are also in the running for the £30,000 award, with the winner due to be announced on 12 June

The Independent UK

The 20 best books of the year, ranked

THE COUNTDOWN: Our chief books critic Martin Chilton chooses his very best reads of the year, from state-of-the-nation novels to surprising memoirs

The Guardian - UK

Hospital league tables risk sapping NHS morale

Letters: Pury Sharifi says tick boxes cannot measure continuity and compassion, while Alison Vaspe says naming and shaming is not the answer. Plus a letter from Sue Stephenson

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting, you must have a better plan for ailing hospitals than public humiliation

The plan to introduce league tables is a simplistic gimmick that will demoralise NHS staff – and sideline their incredible work, says palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke

The Guardian - UK

End of life care in England and Wales can’t cope with demand, say doctors opposed to assisted dying

Forecast indicates about 130,000 more people will need palliative care by 2048

The Guardian - UK

Should MPs legalise assisted dying? Our panel responds

Today Westminster begins its scrutiny of a bill that could for ever change the way we live or die in England and Wales, say Rachel Clarke, Lucy Webster and others

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