Medical Women Talking

In this episode, Jane chats with Professor Wendy Burn CBE FRCPsych, a Consultant in psychiatry and President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 2017 to 2020. Wendy shares her personal journey in psychiatry, highlighting the challenges she faced, including stigma and difficulties in medical school. Jane and Wendy discuss their experiences in balancing career and family responsibilities, emp...

In this episode, Jane chats with Dr Natalie Jane Macdonald. Natalie-Jane is a graduate of Glasgow University with over 30 years of experience healthcare in a variety of roles. Jane and Natalie discuss their experiences in navigating career paths in medicine, including sideways steps and unconventional paths. They emphasise the importance of effective leadership and systemic changes to improve heal...

In this episode, Jane talks with Dr Navina Evans, Chief Executive of Health Education England since October 2020. She was previously Chief Executive of East London NHS Foundation Trust. Navina also held a number of positions across the Trust including Director of Operations & Deputy CEO, Director for Mental Health, Lead Clinician Newham CAMHS and Clinical Director for Child and Adolescent Ment...

In this episode, Jane chats to Dr Kate Stannard. Kate graduated from Guy’s & St Thomas Hospitals in 1995, her anaesthetic training was based in London with an 18 month period as clinical lecturer at Royal Perth Hospital & the University of Western Australia. She started her consultant career in 2005 at MTW NHS Trust and has developed an interest in anaesthesia for complex hip surgery and h...

In this episode, Jane talks with Professor Jenny Higham, the first female Chair of the Medical Schools Council. Alongside her role as Vice-Chancellor, Professor Higham continues clinical practice as a consultant gynaecologist which influenced her research interests in reproductive medicine and medical education innovation. Jane and Jenny discuss their experiences overcoming obstacles in their acad...

In this episode, Jane talks with Baroness Ilora Finlay, a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Velindre Cancer Centre and Honorary Professor of Palliative Medicine, Cardiff University. Ilora established the Marie Curie Hospice in 1987 and the Diploma/MSc in Palliative Medicine in 1989 and was lead for Palliative Care in Wales 2008-2017. In 2010 she founded the think-tank Living and Dying Well. Ilo...

In this episode, Jane chats with Professor Farah Bhatti OBE FRCS FLSW. Farah is a British cardiac surgeon who is an honorary professor at the Swansea University Medical School. She serves as Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Women in Surgery Forum. Jane and Farah share their experiences as women in a male-dominated field, highlighting the obstacles they faced. Farah talks about her...

In this episode, Jane talks with Dr Ananta Dave, Chief Medical Officer of the Black Country Integrated Care Board. Ananta is a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist by background and closely involved in undergraduate and post graduate medical education. Ananta was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) in July 2023 in recognition of her work in psychia...

Jane chats with Professor Carrie Newlands, a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon whose primary focus is to work with her patients, finding out what is important to them. Jane and Carrie discuss their experiences as women in surgery, highlighting the challenges they faced and the importance of resilience and determination. They also discuss balancing career and personal life, and the need for...

In this episode, Jane talks with Dr Henrietta Hughes. Previously the NHS National Guardian, Henrietta provided leadership and support to Freedom to Speak Up Guardians across England in the NHS, Independent sector organisations, and other parts of the healthcare sector. Henrietta continues her clinical role one day a week as a GP in central London. In July 2022 Henrietta was appointed as the first...

In this episode, Jane Dacre talks with Dr Abi Patel. Abi is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. She graduated from University of Cambridge in 2004 and completed higher surgical training in the West Midlands, UK. Abi is a NIHR CRN Research Scholar and believes in patient centred research. She is the vice chair of Early Years Consultant Net...

In this epsisode, Jane Dacre chats with Dr Parveen Jayia. Dr Jayia has held a number of medical leadership roles both within NHS, where she practised as a surgeon, and within the pharmaceutical industry. Currently working in oncology, Parveen is keen to embrace new ways to optimise healthcare and determined that working in partnerships is the way forward. Transcription link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/...

In this International Women's Day special, Jane Dacre chats with Dame Lesley Regan, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Imperial College's St Mary's Hospital Campus, and Honorary Consultant in Gynaecology at the Imperial College NHS Trust. Lesley combines her clinical and research work on recurrent miscarriage and uterine fibroids with a passion for communicating to the wider public, writin...

In this episode, Jane Dacre talks with Dr Rosia Shah. Rosia is a Locum consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Medical Lead for VCTC, a UK-based clinical trial site that specialises in running patient centric clinical trials. Rosia reflects on her journey from a deprived background to medical school and the challenges she faced as a women of colour. Rosia also shares what inspired her to pursu...

In this episode, Jane Dacre talks with Dr Rahel Odonde. Rahel is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist. Her special interests include the safe practice of abortion care, sexual and global health. Rahel is the first Equality, Diversity and Inclusion council officer for the Medical Women’s Federation, and as a member of the executive committee of the UN Association Women’s Advisory Council, UK...

In this episode, Jane Dacre talks to Dr Katherine Ordidge. Kate is a Consultant Radiologist at Barts Health NHS Trust, London and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, UK. She graduated from University College London (UCL) Medical School in 2007, with an intercalated BSc in Medical Physics and Bioengineering. Kate and Jane discuss radiology career paths and the barr...

In this episode, Jane Dacre chats to Dr Jess Morgan. Jess is a clinical fellow at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, leading a national project to improve the wellbeing and working lives of paediatricians. She spent 11 years as an NHS doctor, specialising in paediatrics and undertaking research in neonatology. Burnout and mental illness led her to leave medicine in 2019. More recen...

In this episode, Jane Dacre talks with Dr Patrice Baptiste. Patrice is a double award-winning portfolio GP, medical educator, entrepreneur, writer, author, visionary and champion for diversity within the medical profession. Dr. Baptiste holds various roles alongside her main role as a GP. She is focused on supporting others with their career development especially with creating a portfolio career....

In this episode, Jane Dacre talks with Dr Chelcie Jewitt. Chelcie is an Emergency Medicine trainee, interested in health inequalities, particularly those faced by women. Throughout her training she has been a victim of, and witness to, multiple incidences of sexism and misogyny. This prompted her to found the Sexism in Medicine project, which has led to a hard-hitting report published with the BMA...

In this episode, Jane Dacre talks with Dr Becky Cox. Becky is a GP specialist working in gynaecology and an academic GP with an interest in violence against women. She is the founder of Surviving in Scrubs. As a survivor of domestic abuse as well as sexual harassment and assault at work Becky advocates and campaigns to end the culture of misogyny in healthcare. Becky shares her journey to becoming...

In this episode, Jane Dacre talks with Dr Ruth Law, a consultant physician in integrated geriatric medicine and general internal medicine at Whittington Health NHS Trust in London where she is clinical lead. Ruth's work in integrated care resulted in her being awarded the British Geriatrics Society Rising Star Award for quality in 2018. Ruth talks with Jane about how she found leadership and manag...

In this episode, Jane chats with Faye Gishen, UCL's Medical School Director and Professor of Medical Education and Palliative Medicine. Faye reflects on her career journey in medicine, shares some of the highs and lows of her experiences and discusses her thoughts on having a fulfilling career and family life. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/medica...

The host becomes the interviewee in this special episode of Medical Women Talking! Dr Suzy Lishman chats to Professor Dame Jane Dacre about her life and career. Jane Dacre is a rheumatologist, medical educator, past president of the Royal College of Physicians and now multitalented multitasker with a wide range of roles and specialist interests. For more information and to access the transcript: w...

Ins this episode, Jane talks to Dr Jeanette Dickson, Chair of Council of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. Jeanette is also a practicing consultant clinical oncologist at the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in Hertfordshire focusing primarily on thoracic malignancies and providing radiotherapy for patients with haematological conditions.  For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl....

In this episode, Jane talks to Professor Dame Averil Bradley. Averil was a consultant surgeon at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, central London, from 1982 to 2002, and in 1993 she became the first British woman to be appointed a Professor of Surgery.  For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/medical-women-talking-podcast Date of episode recording: 2023-11...