Jan Heath obituary

My sister Jan Heath, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 76, was a medical social worker by training. Both her career and the causes she supported enabled her to pursue her passion for fairness and social justice.Born and brought up in Cobham, Surrey, the daughter of Oliver Thompson, a Shell Oil executive, and his wife, Phyllida (nee Bryant), a housewife and active community organiser, Jan was educated at Sherborne girls school in Dorset and Trinity College Dublin, where she read sociology. S