As part of Women’s History Month 2024, Episode 6 of 'More than a Hospital' features Professor Jane Somerville, paediatric cardiologist and Emeritus professor of cardiology at Imperial College London.

During an impressive career that spanned over 40 years, Jane worked at both the National Heart Hospital and the Royal Brompton, helping to successfully establish the grown up congenital heart disease service (GUCH) at both hospitals.

Later in her career, Jane, who became only the second woman to enter the Paediatric Cardiology Hall of Fame, founded the GUCH Patients Association (later renamed the Somerville Heart Foundation) and the inaugural World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology.

In the episode, Jane talks about what it was like to be part of the first cohort of women in training at Guy’s Hospital, her role as the cardiologist for Britain’s first ever heart transplantation in 1968, and the many challenges she faced throughout her career.

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